ATLANTA, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- For the week of Nov. 9, U.S. flu activity was low but increasing in the South, with the first two influenza-related pediatric deaths, health officials say.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the proportion of people seeing their healthcare provider for influenza-like illness increased slightly, but the South Central region -- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas -- was above baseline influenza activity. Baseline influenza activity is the level that clinical influenza activity remains throughout the summer.