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While the rate of severe influenza is lower in children than in the elderly, every year children and young adults also die from influenza.
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Madigan's character, the elderly aunt of several of the students, became a cult favorite, both terrifying and delighting audiences.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Doctors at Emory Healthcare are increasingly seeing children and the elderly.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Nearly every day since Elvin Sanchez’s wife died a couple of months ago after a long battle with diabetes, he could be found at the home of the elderly couple in the apartment next door, grabbing a meal and talking about the love of his life.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Madigan's character, the elderly aunt of several of the students, became a cult favorite, both terrifying and delighting audiences.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Doctors at Emory Healthcare are increasingly seeing children and the elderly.
—Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Nearly every day since Elvin Sanchez’s wife died a couple of months ago after a long battle with diabetes, he could be found at the home of the elderly couple in the apartment next door, grabbing a meal and talking about the love of his life.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
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“The elderly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20elderly. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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