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Many public health experts say the drop leaves the nation flying blind to new threats.
A spokesman for the Health and Human Services Department says the CDC continues to keep the country informed in many other ways.
The CDC says the eight new influenza deaths among children in the past week means the flu has claimed the lives of at least 52 children so far this season.
The new deaths come as the number of people getting treated for flu-like symptoms has started to rise again.
That suggests that the nation may be facing a second peak of flu cases in what has already been an unusually severe flu season.
The flu killed more than 280 children last season.
Nevertheless, the CDC recently made a controversial decision to stop recommending that all children routinely get a flu shot.
life expectancy increased to age 79 in 2024, according to the Center for Health Statistics.
That's the highest life expectancy since the government started tracking this key measure of the nation's health and well-being in 1900.
The increase in life expectancy was caused primarily by a drop in deaths from drug overdoses and from COVID-19, which fell out of the top 10 causes of death for the first time since the pandemic.
life expectancy still lags far behind other wealthy nations, such as Australia and Japan.
life expectancy increased to age 79 in 2024, according to the Center for Health Statistics.
That's the highest life expectancy since the government started tracking this key measure of the nation's health and well-being in 1900.
The increase in life expectancy was caused primarily by a drop in deaths from drug overdoses and from COVID-19, which fell out of the top 10 causes of death for the first time since the pandemic.