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The boy was given a flu test. she will now travel to the border to personally review her departments care of migrant children. meanwhile, ice continues to release hundreds of migrants in border cities such as el pass doe, texas. joining us live is the mayor of el paso. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> sure, jim. >> so just for the understanding of folks at home, this has become a regular practice, ice dropping off a large number of migrants in your city, a city with no resources an...

On tuesday. after surgery last week to remove two cancerous nodules. the 85 year-old was hospitalized after she fell in her office in november. and fractured three ribs. doctors treating her found the cancer on her left lung. she has had two previous bouts with cancer. a spokeswoman for the court says the justice now appears to be kans cancer free. >> some doctors are questioning the medical care given to an 8 year-old guatemala boy who died in u.s. custody. infectious disease experts say it app...

>> what were finding is that there is such a thing as an immune overload, where just their immune system basically goes into overdrive, and unfortunately, the cells actually start attacking the healthy cells. >> reporter: and a new study just out tonight in "the new england journal of medicine" suggesting heart attacks in adults over the age of 35 are six times as likely in the week following a positive flu test. david, that study supports what doctors have long suspected, that getting the flu c...

A male gunman suddenly opening fire. we have developments coming up. theres also news tonight about the deadly flu epidemic and questions about this 12-year-old boy rushed to urgent care, dying not long after. and we ask tonight, how accurate is the rapid flu test? and 50,000 new jobs from amazon. and a major new clue tonight, narrowing down the list. youre going to see the map coming up here. is your city on the list? well be right back. list? well be right back. on your medicare part d pre...

>> the guilt because im a mom, im supposed to protect my kids and i couldnt. i couldnt protect him. >> reporter: his mom says the rapid flu test at the urgent care came back negative, so its not clear whether he actually had the flu or something else. his mother said he had those flu-like symptoms. doctors warn the five-minute test doesnt always give a complete picture. >> we actually had a case recently where somebody had this test that was done earlier in the day and then when we saw them in t...

Particular person may die from influenza is a million dollar question that we need to tackle. >> it is surprising how much we need to learn about flu a disease that causes world why epidemic every year. the flu test came back positive. okay, it is just a flu like it was no big deal. >> it spreads across the globe, hopizing three hospitalizing thr four millions. >> within 24 hours, she was incubated. >> killing at least 200,000 every year. >> we went in as they were coating her. the majority of t...

Jenna: well the doc is in and its a good thing. this years flu season already causing alarm. right now the cdc says the number of cases is spiking. at least 18 children have died so far. this has been the earliest flu season in at least a decade. it usually peak as little later this month into february. only about 37% of all of us in this country have been vaccinated which at this point well ask doctor siegel about that whether we should at this time. 41 states are reporting widespread outbreaks...

Those are predominant symptoms. jenna: personal experience with you. my husband had all the symptoms last week, terribly i can is. went to the doctors, they did the flu test. turns out they said he didnt have the flu. >> well those flu tests are only about 60% accurate why i dont always use them. if theyre negative they dont mean you dont have the flu but your husband, from what you told me at different symptoms. he had stomach-like symptoms which probably werent the flu. this make as really imp...

The answer is probably yes. but not by you. by me. it is influenca-like illness. what is that? >> a certain kind of symptom. fever, cough. muscle aches and fatigue. fatigue is the big, big symptom and we call it one day you are walking around and next day you are tire headache and sore throat and muscle aches and get fever. i dont need to do a flu test. i can do that but it is only successful 50 or 60. i would rather diagnose it. but i would give you tamuflu. this particular medication is one th...

Killing at least nine people in just three weeks. dangerous driving. the death toll rising tonight. snow, ice and freezing rain and the tow truck operator jumping to safety. and the deadly flu. and questions about this 12-year-old boy who was rushed to urgent care. how accurate is that rapid flu test? good evening. and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with those horrifying new details from that california home. 13 siblings allegedly held captive there by...