If you thought the most recent flu season was bad, you were right
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classed it in the ‘high severity’ category
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HIGH SEASON Last January, hospital staff saw patients in Bend, Ore., in a waiting area converted to manage more people coming in with the flu. The flu killed more than 170 children this season, the CDC reports.
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