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Rob: welcome back, fox news health alert, fatal flu cases on the rise, 13 children have died from the flu virus this season, fox news medical contributor nicole saphier joined us earlier and said it's still not too late to get vaccinated. >> we had nearly 200 kids die from the flu last year, 80% of those were not vaccinated and right now we don't have 13 and we don't know vaccination states, if you haven't gotten flu shot or children haven't gotten flu shot i highly recommend still getting it. rob: it's nasty this year, i feel like everybody is sick. widespread flu activity across two dozen st...

Call, go online or demo in an xfinity store today. the influenza virus is on the rise this season. the flu is on the rise. the centers for disease control is now reporting that the number of states with high levels of flu activity have doubled in just the past week. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen spoke with the mother of one of the 13 children who have died from the flu so far this season. >> hi. >> reporter: allison eaglespeaker, 6 years old, loved her big brother matt and little sister daysy and native american dancing. >> she was a beautiful little girl. we were blessed ...

Flu. new numbers out from the centers for disease control and prevention friday showed that the situation is getting worse. 19 states are showing high levels of flu activity compared with nine states last week and 13 children have died from the flu this season. children are particularly vulnerable to h 1 n 1 this year's predominant flu strain. allison's parents wants other parents to be watchful. she died 48 hours after becoming ill. >> this illness hit her really hard and really fast for it to just take her life. nothing prepares you for how fast it moves. >> reporter: while allison had mild ...

Officials running the migrant shelter in texas say they expect all children to be held there to be released and placed in sponsor homes within weeks. according to officials at the tent city shelter, the population has been steadily dropping since the department of health and human services eased background check requirements. >> they expect to close the facility completely by the end of the month. an hhs spokesperson told cnn they have flow updates on the -- no updates on the matter. did you get the flu shot? maybe you got the flu. maybe you got both. new numbers released by the cdc yesterda...

Increasing the patrols who as a task force is committed to reviewing leads. i think that, frankly, they're taking jazmine's case seriously this time. we're hopeful that we will not have the same result, that it will go for over a year without being resolved. >> s. lee merritt, we appreciate so much you taking the time to be with us. a reminder, there is a community rally this afternoon at the walmart parking lot where jazmine was killed. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for having me. the cdc says flu activity has spiked across the countr...