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The president is planning to sign an executive order to keep guantanamo bay open. according to the report the president is expect to announce the order next week during his state of the union address. well, for the third straight week u.s. health officials said the flu has blanketed the u.s. hawaii is the only state being fa spared. its been the highest level of flu activity since the swine flew in 2009. theyre still urging people to be vigilant to void the virus. thats a big change coming at ...

Cdc officials warn that the season is far from over. >> weve been following and talking with the state health departments asking them what kind of flu activity theyre seeing, and this is the third week in a row where 49 out of 50 states are still indicating that theres wide spread activity in their states. >> health officials continue to urge people to stay home if youre sick, cover your cough and if you have not yet done so, there hes still time to get the flu shot. kelly: molly, thank you. mel...

We have now? >> we dont really know the numbers. there are a lot of people sick. there are millions who have been ill. a lot of times people dont go to the hospital, the emergency room or get tested. we dont exactly know what the number of flu-related illnesses there are. we do know that theres been several thousand people who have been hospitalized for this and, obviously, as you just said, brooke, we know the number of people who have died. this is a particularly bad flu season. you know, we h...

Now, this just in. nearly every state in the nation is now reporting widespread flu activity and the cdc warns that the virus will likely be around for several more weeks. 12,000 new cases confirmed just last week. already 37 kids have died. some hospitals in california are overwhelmed with flu cases, and an entire school district in florida is closed today because of a spike in the flu. i want to bring in cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. people are looking at this, sanjay, and ...

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He was able to handle comments from women he was accused of abusing for decades. >> he will listen to count after count. the cdc released updated national flu numbers. this is a rough season with the widespread flu activity reported in every state. the pervasiveness is similar to peak flu season from 2014 to 2015 which was the most severe in recent years. the large number of patients leading to shortages of flu medicine. 58 minutes past the hour. global stocks higher today after u.s. stocks ...

Among them, this young boy who had a serious case of the flu that sfwurnd pneumonia. every state except hawaii is currently seeing widespread flu activity. elizabeth cohen is at loam linda university. why is this flu season so much worse than in previous years? >> reporter: so jake, every year there are different predominant strains and this year it is h3n2. it is really good at getting in there and infecting and replicating. and number two, the symptoms that it causes are much worse than many o...

Cancellations as well. jillian: a 10-year-old boy in connecticut is the deadliest victim dying days after he started to feel sick. the cdc holding an emergency meeting to address the epidemic of high flu activity spreads to nearly every state. fox news medical a team doctor mark siegel has written three book about the flu and joins us to weigh in. thank you for being here. you watched the meeting yesterday. what was your take? >> the head of their flu unit focus on two issues. is the flu shot ef...

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