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The severe flu season of 2017-2018 could get worse before it gets better, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Friday.
With at least three strains now circulating across the U.S., with the most dangerous one designated H3N2, the season has already surpassed recent records for hospitalizations and other measures.
One out of every 10 deaths, or 10 percent of all fatalities reported in the U.S. during the third week of January were due to either the flu or pneumonia, which could be related to the flu, according to CDC acting director Anne Schuchat during a conference call with reporters. That amounts to 4,046 deaths related to the flu or pneumonia out of 40,414 total deaths that week based on CDC statistics. Read more...
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