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influenza

[in-floo-en-zuh] / ˌɪn fluˈɛn zə /


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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

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

More than 50 skuas died in Antarctica during the summers of 2023 and 2024 after becoming infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Smallpox, measles, influenza, and typhus competed for top rank among the killers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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