CDC warns this year’s flu season could be severe

The current 2014-2015 flu season is nothing to sneeze at and the ability of this year's vaccine to help could be reduced, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week. Seasonal influenza A H3N2 viruses have been most common so far this year, CDC said. "There often are more severe flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths during seasons when these viruses predominate," it added. "For example, H3N2 viruses were predominant during the 2012-2013, 2007-2008, and 2003-2004 seasons,…
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