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Georgia is another flu hot spot in the Southeast. Polk School District in Georgia closed all schools and facilities last Friday and Monday due to a surge of flu and norovirus, which sickened 761 ...
The Godley Independent School District, which serves 3,200 Texas students, closed for multiple days last week after nearly 700 students and staff were absent on a single day, the AP reported.
"By 1pm today, nearly 24% of the school was absent, primarily due to diagnosed cases of the flu, or flu-like symptoms," the post read, noting that "the day will be utilized to conduct a deep ...
Earlier this month, Janesville Consolidated School District closed for two days and canceled events after 127 of its approximately 500 students and 13 staff members were absent, according to the ...
Flu activity remains high in most regions of the U.S. as a winter wave of respiratory illness sweeps across the country. The post-holiday surge in flu cases and hospitalizations is straining many ...
The United States experienced the beginnings of a pandemic of a novel strain of the influenza A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as "swine flu", in the spring of 2009.The earliest reported cases in the US began appearing in late March 2009 in California, [114] then spreading to infect people in Texas, New York, and other states by mid-April. [115]
There have been more than 9 million illnesses recorded across the U.S. this flu season. Cases are spiking in several states, forcing hospitals to issue restrictions (Getty Images/iStock)
After an unusually early spike in respiratory viruses, RSV may have peaked or leveled off in some parts of the U.S., while influenza and COVID-19 cases are climbing.