Influenza continues to spread across the US, infecting millions, CDC reports
The floodgates have opened for the flu, with millions of people in the US reporting illness and nearly 3,000 deaths from the flu since early October, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.With the start of the holiday season and large family gatherings, cases are expected to continue to rise. “We are likely to see an increase in the coming weeks,” Lynnette Brammer, an epidemiologist and leader of the CDC's household influenza surveillance team, told NBC News. So far this season, there have been approximately 6.2 million cases of flu, according to the most…
