flu season
The flu season should slowly start waning as the peak of the season is either January or February, but reports are still coming about widespread cases.
The season of influenza continues as January and February are considered as the peak months.
In response to widespread influenza-like illnesses (ILI), New York governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state public health emergency.
With the latest flu season already considered an epidemic, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has in place methods on what people should due during this time.
The 2012-2013 flu season continues to afflict the vast majority of states in the U.S., with up to 47 states reporting widespread influenza-like-illnesses (ILI) by January 5.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency on Saturday, giving pharmacists permission to administer flu vaccinations to more people as officials seek to stem the worst flu outbreak in that state in several years.
Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
A severe strain of the flu has hit hard across the U.S., with approximately 18 children dead and more than 2,000 people struck by the flu strain, with Chicago seeing a large spike in cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that this year’s flu season could be a hard one.
It's time to get your flu shots now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns as flu cases have spiked across the nation in the last two weeks.
