US hospital flu cases highest in a decade amid winter vaccination warning

Hospitals urge Americans to be up to date with vaccinations but 5m fewer flu vaccines administered to US adults than last year

Hospitalizations from the flu are the highest they have been in a decade as experts warn that other Covid variants and respiratory illnesses are on the rise.

Flu-related cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all at a ten-year high, reported the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, with adults over the age of 65 and young children most affected.