LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua) -- There have been at least 26 million illnesses, 290,000 hospitalizations, and 18,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the United States, according to the latest estimates published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A total of 117 pediatric flu deaths have been reported in the country this season, according to the CDC.
