Rady Children’s Doctors Report Increase in Severe Flu Cases

San Diego, CA, October 16, 2026 —

Doctors at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego have reported an increase in severe flu cases and have linked the trend with low vaccination rates in the area.

The report describes a correlation between the increase in severe cases and low vaccination rates. It does not establish that vaccination rates caused the rise. No figures were provided for the number of cases, the size of the increase, or the vaccination rate in the area.

The information also does not specify when the increase was observed, how it compares with earlier periods, or which age groups or patient populations were affected. The names of the doctors who reported the trend were not provided, and no direct statements or additional details from the hospital were included.

Without those details, the scale and timing of the reported increase cannot be assessed from the information available. The report identifies a pattern that doctors at the hospital have observed and notes its association with low vaccination rates, but it does not provide further data to measure either trend or explain the relationship between them.

No information was provided about changes in hospital capacity, patient outcomes, or what may happen next. The available account is limited to the doctors’ report of more severe flu cases and their correlation of that increase with low vaccination rates in the area.

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