influenza
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“COVID doesn’t seem to play by the same rules that influenza tends to play by, where its cycle is predictable.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently classifies the U.S. influenza season, which usually runs from October to May, as “moderate severity.”
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
What has helped is that the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, has faded.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Measles, malaria, influenza and dozens of other illnesses wouldn’t exist there—which sounds great.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Mrs. Van Hopper lunched in the restaurant for the first time since her influenza, and I had a pain in the pit of my stomach as I followed her into the room.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing influenza
World War I
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An Explanation of Herd Immunity from "On Immunity" by Eula Biss
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Latin Love, Vol II: fluere
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