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Speaker 1: The Department of Public Health says the eighth child to

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Speaker 1: die from the flu so far this season in Massachusetts

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Speaker 1: died during the week of February fifteenth. Meanwhile, there have

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Speaker 1: been two hundred ninety eight adult deaths associated with the

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Speaker 1: flu so far this season in the state. Across the country,

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Speaker 1: the CDC says ninety children have died, about eighty five

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Speaker 1: percent of them were not vaccinated. Flu activity here in

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts is currently listed as moderate, and local flu related

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Speaker 1: hospitalizations are mostly trending downward since peaking in late December. Still,

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Speaker 1: health experts are urging people to get their flu shots.

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Speaker 1: Sherry Small WBZ, Boston's news radio