Flu season worsens as 44 states report high activity

A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines in late October. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that 7.5% of outpatient medical visits the previous week were due to flu-like illnesses. That's as high as the peak of the 2017-18 flu season and higher than any season since.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)