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4 things you need to know right now to protect yourself from the flu

  • Written by Arnold Monto, Professor, Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Donnie Cardenas, on bed, waits with his roommate Torrey Jewett at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif., Jan. 10, 2018. Cardenas had the flu.AP Photo/Greg Bull

This has been a particularly bad influenza season, starting early especially in the South and West Coast in the U.S. This follows a severe season in Australia during our summer.

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