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Te reporter: the goal: create a ring of protection aroun vulnerable kids. that's edspecially important to deanthony knighten and his 10- dear-old son, deanthony jr., who is on kidney dialysis. >> his immune system is a lot weaker with his condition, so making sure that we are all make sure he stays at 100% with his health. >> reporter: today, the c.d.c. reported there have been more than 55,000 hospitalizations alis flu season. usually, the predominant strain is influenza a., but this year en's been influenza b., so far. what comes next is anyone's guess. lynette brammer is with the c.d.c. e w...

Getting your flu shot. i had seven cases alone. one case of influenza a and several cases of influenza b. it's important to get your flu shot. it's not too late. if you haven't had a chance to get it, it's not too late. you can protect yourself. you can protect your family and loved ones. if you think it's too late and you already got symptoms of the flu like a cough, fever or sore throat, runny nose, see your doctor. there's treatment available. >> absolutely. nobody wants to deal with the flu. this is christmas obviously. we got six or seven days left of the holidays. people are eating and d...

Health risks. people are getting sick. >> sandra: it's final thought on flu season. it appears to have come early this year. go out and get your flu shot. >> you know what we are seeing that we have almost never seen before? influenza b. it only affects people. it is milder, but we never see at this early in the season, and it affects children. we are particularly worried about it. what i'm going to tell people out there is to get your quadra veil and shot. it covers four different strea streams. strains. speak to someone who hears that, is that the typical shot? could you walk in and say i wa...

>> we were ready. we had staff all ready to take in refugees on christmas eve, and next thing we know, we are watching them drop them off in streets. >> reporter: and the 8-year-old who died in custody, according to the office of the medical examiner in new mexico who conducted lung and nasal swab bes, he tested positive for influenza b. the official cause of death will come after further evaluation and perhaps up to 12 weeks before the official autopsy is released. nick valencia, cnn, el paso. migration also making headlines in the united kingdom. more than 200 migrants have tried to cross ...

>> we're also learning new information about that 8-year-old boy from guatemala who died, this coming from the new mexico medical investigators. what you have learned? >> reporter: this new information was released to us earlier today. they did lung swabs as well as national swabs and he tested positive for influenza b. initially cpb said the child was diagnosed with a common cold and he was released from the hospital, even though he had a 103 degree fever. we understand he was never tested for the flu. this is part of the evaluations that the medical professionals are doing. the family is wai...