Eleven additional deaths were reported in San Diego last week, bringing the season’s total to 50, the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) announced Wednesday. The ages of the new flu deaths ranged from 53 to 80 years of age. They all had underlying medical conditions, HHSA said. The number of new lab-confirmed influenza cases dropped last week. A total…

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A 70-year-old man has died from the flu, making it the eighth flu death this season, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) said.

A group of doctors say they have ended their three-day protest against the U.S. government’s refusal to allow them into detention facilities to administer the flu vaccine to migrants. The protest led to the arrests of six demonstrators outside a detention facility in San Diego.

Several doctors are protesting near the San Ysidro border because they want to administer flu shots to migrants. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has more information.