The United States may be headed into a bad flu season, according to figures recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.As of the last week of December, "widespread" flu activity was reported by health departments in 46 states. More ominously, a second measure -- the
The United States may be headed into a bad flu season, according to figures recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Although many people are coming down with flu, the two chief indicators of severity — hospitalizations and deaths — are not yet elevated, she noted. That pattern echoes what happened in Australia, where winter runs from June through August. Flu came unusually early to the Southern Hemisphere in 2019. In seasons when Australia has a bad flu season, the Northern Hemisphere sometimes does, too.
The CDC tracks the deaths of children individually, rather than making estimates, as is done for adults. Those older than 65 are usually the group hardest hit by flu. Thus far this season, 27 children have died of flu — in 2017-18, 187 died — but pediatric deaths don’t normally start peaking until mid-January.
Thus far, based on limited testing data, this season’s flu shot does not look like a good match for the B Victoria flu and may not be very effective, the CDC said. But the shot does still appear to be well matched for the Apdm09 strain. Kinsa readings indicate that flulike activity peaked Dec. 24 at a level just below the 2017-18 level — confirming what the CDC found — and has since dropped by almost a third, said Nita Nehru, a company spokeswoman.
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