More: Flu is widespread in US with 7.3 million people sick, but experts see a milder season Flu deaths. Last week, an elementary school girl in Ohio died the same day she was diagnosed with flu ...

Flu season is upon us and some experts say symptoms this year could be severe based on the strain (H3N2) observed in the Southern Hemisphere.. A number of questions surround the flu, which has ...

Each year, there is typically one flu strain that dominates during a given flu season. Last year it was the H1N1 virus , also known as swine flu. The year before, it was the H3N2 strain .

Last year’s flu season For the 2018-2019 US flu season, which started October 1, 2018, and ended May 4, preliminary numbers from the CDC estimate there were nearly 42.9 million cases of flu, up ...

T he 2018-2019 flu season may not have been as severe as the one that came before it, but it set a record of its own, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say.It was the longest in ...

The CDC estimates that so far in this year’s flu season — from Oct. 1 to Jan. 19 — there have been 9.8 million to 11.4 million flu illnesses, 4.6 million to 5.4 million flu medical visits ...

2019 - 2020 Flu Season Activity for the week ending feb. 15. CDC. Typical flu symptoms include fever, sore throat, aches, chills and sweats and fatigue, according to the Mayo Clinic.

CNN reports that Fauci says the 2019-2020 flu season is on track to be as severe as the 2017-2018 season, which was the deadliest in at least a decade.

It can show you where flu activity is still considered "widespread" in the tenth week of 2019, which ended on March 9, 2019. In fact, as of that week, 30 states still had high influenza-like ...

Flu season is fast approaching, and it could be a nasty one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 8% of Americans are sickened by the flu each year and that thousands die from ...

Flu Season 2019: 16 Children Have Already Died From Influenza—It's Not Too Late to Get the Shot | Opinion. Published Jan 22, 2019 at 12:32 PM EST Updated Jan 22, 2019 at 1:05 PM EST.

Few flu seasons have two peaks, particularly at such high intensities. A notable exception was the 2019–2020 flu season, which had three peaks: 7 percent at week 52, 6.8 percent at week 6, and 6 ...