flu season
noun
: the time of year, and especially the winter, when many people get influenza and other mild illnesses
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Amid the worst flu season in years, the F.D.A. cancelled the meeting at which experts discuss how best to update the vaccine for the fall.
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The advisers were set to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for the upcoming flu season.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized nationwide, and D.C. is feeling it too.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
That puts this flu season as the second worst for IAE-caused pediatric flu deaths.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
The advisers were set to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for the upcoming flu season.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized nationwide, and D.C. is feeling it too.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
That puts this flu season as the second worst for IAE-caused pediatric flu deaths.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Flu season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flu%20season. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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