Prince Philip's last surviving sister dies. PRINCESS George of Hanover, the last surviving sister of Prince Philip, who had to be slowly integrated into the fringes of the Royal Family because of her German wartime connections, has died in a nursing home. She was 87.
Prevalance of Flu: Every year, 10 percent to 20 percent of Americans get sick with the flu (influenza). (Source: excerpt from Focus On The Flu: NIAID) ... In the United States, approximately 25 percent of the population has flu-associated illness annually, leading to an average of 20,000 to 40,000 deaths per year.
The average rate throughout the OECD is 36 percent, a figure driven up rates in Belgium (55.3 percent), Austria (49.4 percent), Germany (49.3 percent) and Hungary (49 percent). Chile, New Zealand, Mexico and Israel had the lowest average rates for single workers among OECD countries.