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influenza

[in-floo-en-zuh] / ˌɪn fluˈɛn zə /


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College students who were already infected with influenza were placed in a hotel room with healthy middle-aged adult volunteers.

From Science Daily

For many people across the Northern Hemisphere, like Rowe, this holiday season was interrupted by an unwanted visitor: influenza.

From Salon

The same week the CDC announced cuts to recommendations for vaccines, San Mateo County reported that an unvaccinated child has died from influenza.

From Los Angeles Times

The study identified three key findings that together point to influenza as the main driver of these complications.

From Science Daily

The decision to drop the universal recommendation for influenza shots for children and adolescents comes amid what the CDC is calling a “moderately severe” influenza season, with flu rates elevated in most of the country.

From Barron's