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Daily News… FLU HITS YOUNG, MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE HARD THIS YEAR The flu is hitting young and middle aged people in the United States particularly hard this season, as a tough flu strain re-emerged and too few people were vaccinated, health authorities said Thursday. More than 60 percent of all severe flu cases this season in the United States were in people 18-64 years old -- or about double the usual rate, they said. Typically, people at risk for flu complications include pregnant women, the elderly, children and people with compromised immune systems. The main flu circulating this season is H1N1, otherwise known as the «swine flu» that caused a pandemic four years ago. «It is back this year, and it is hitting younger people hard,» said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Tom Frieden. «One of the reasons,» he said, «is that the vaccination rate for young adults, 18-64, is too low.» Only a third of all people in that age group were vaccinated as of November, compared to nearly two-thirds of children and elderly people, he said. «That is one of the reasons we are seeing a much higher proportion of hospitalizations and death among 18-64 year olds than we generally see.» People with underlying health conditions such as obesity, asthma, lung disease and diabetes are particularly vulnerable to dangerous bouts of the flu, leading to pneumonia and possibly death. Although experts do not have a tally of US deaths yet this season, early indications suggest that there have been more deaths than normal in the 18-64 age group. Over the previous three flu seasons, people age 18-64 represented only about 35 percent of all flu hospitalizations. Last year the predominant flu type was H3N2, which accounted for fewer hospitalizations among middle aged people. Getting vaccinated lowered the risk of having to see a doctor by about 60 percent for people of all ages, the CDC added.
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International News… RADIOACTIVE WATER LEAK A new leak of 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima, the plant’s operator said, after it revealed only one of nine thermometers in a crippled reactor was still working. The toxic water is no longer escaping from a storage tank on the site, said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power, adding it was likely contained, but the news is a further blow to the company’s already-battered reputation for safety. «As there is no drainage way near the leak, which is in any case far from the ocean, it is unlikely that the water has made its way into the sea,» he said.
FROM KIEV Reporting from Ukraine’s capital, AFP’s Marianne Barriaux conveys the tension and tragedy enveloping Kiev: snipers, barricades, bullet-proof vests… An opposition medic says more than 60 anti-government protesters died yesterday from gunshot wounds in the capital, making it the bloodiest day of violence since Ukraine’s independence. Across the Atlantic, Washington is voicing its anger with Ukraine’s handling of anti-government protests, in particular how its forces turned automatic weapons on demonstrators as the short-lived truce shattered in Kiev.
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