The U.S. may be entering another rough winter for flu, according to early data.
“The signs are, it could be a big season,” says Richard Webby, who studies the flu at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. “The flu season might have a little bit of a punch to it this year.”
The first clue to what may be in store is what influenza did during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. That often predicts what’s coming for the Northern Hemisphere.
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