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There's a Marburg virus outbreak, younger women are getting breast cancer and more children are dying from flu. Here's what happened in health this week.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month .

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Breast cancer rates are rising among young women and younger Asian American and Pacific Islander women.

About 80% of children who died during the 2019-2022 flu season were not fully vaccinated against influenza.

CDC data shows vaccination rates among U.S. kindergartners continued to fall during the 2023-24 school year .

Vaccine coverage of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough), polio and chicken pox vaccines decreased in more than 30 states.