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Deadly illnesses are hitting even those young and healthy like quentin thomas, a 27-year-old father of three who died last week after his family says he contracted flu a and b at the same time. >> your son was otherwise a very healthy young man, right? >> he was a healthy, hard-working young man. i mean, it's just hard to believe. too fast, too sudden. >> reporter: his distraught father robert telling us quentin was unvaccinated. >> are you going to go get vaccinated now? >> yeah, i probably am. definitely am. i got grandbabies around that i love, and they ain't got a father. >> reporter: vacc...

If it seems like everyone you know has been sick lately, it may have a lot to do with the rise in both flu and covid cases this season. stephanie gosk now on the major concerns among doctors. >> reporter: flu season is raging, fever, aches and runny noses, especially in the south. >> we had a very early start to our flu season. >> reporter: dr. andy shane is the head of infectious diseases at children's health care of atlanta where cases of covid and both flu a and flu b are up. she says the flu vaccine appears to be working this year. the problem is, people aren't getting the shot. >> vaccina...

First for the biden administration. there is alarming news tonight about the flu in america. the cd says the number of children who died from the flu nearly doubled last week. 40 kids have been killed so far this season. in tonight's "health watch," cbs's omar villafranca reports on the surge of cases in dallas. >> this is the first time i have known the flu to be horrible. >> reporter: mary stein enter 3-year-old son james have spent the last few nights in a dallas hospital. >> his cough got so strong and so hard, we have been here since wednesday night. diagnosed with flu a. and then that tu...

Dallas county, where almost 20% of tests are positive. >> one thing that is a little unusual this flu season is that we are seeing both flu a and flu b, more or less at the same time. >> lower vaccination rates could be to blame. less than half of adults and children have gotten the latest flu vaccine, the lowest in five years. >> i think they definitely are some vexing fatigue out there from the last couple of years. >> he sounds pretty good. >> reporter: stein says she missed getting her son's flu shot this year and urges parents to take the flu seriously. >> i would definitely go with your ...

Accuracy of 90%. the dogs missed 18 infections. the researchers say that the dogs do not necessarily replace nasal swab testing. instead, they can help indicate which person might need a test and which person doesn't. that could help save on time and resources. the researchers think the dogs could be trained to detect other types of diseases too. here's carol edwards, executive director of the nonprofit early alert canines. she works with the dogs. >> we talked about tb. we talked about flu a and b possibly for this next flu season, seeing if we can get the dogs to alert on that. it's just a m...