NEW YORK (AP) -
Health officials say the flu is rampant in most of the country and could
peak soon.
The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported flu was widespread in 43
states and flu activity was intense in most of them. A CDC expert said those
trends are expected to continue.
Flu season started
early this winter, as it has the last two years. This season seems similar
to two years ago, when the flu peaked by early January.
But the flu is hard
to predict, and it has yet to rev up in heavily populated states like New
York and California.
The CDC report
issued Monday covers the week of Christmas.
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