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influenza

[in-floo-en-zuh] / ˌɪn fluˈɛn zə /


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The patient had tested negative for other viruses, including Covid-19, influenza and Legionnaires’ disease, Weyer said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“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

And it now recommends that families and healthcare providers engage in what is dubbed “shared clinical decision-making” for the once broadly recommended vaccines against rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, hepatitis A and B, and meningococcal disease.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Shady said she’d been the first to die of the influenza in Manifest.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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