Flu season is picking up across the country, with the a new variant of H3N2 rapidly ramping up the number of cases and hospitalizations in states from the Intermountain West to the Northeast.
There have been 1,200 deaths, 30,000 hospitalizations and nearly 3 million cases of influenza this season, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first flu-associated child death was also reported by the agency last week.
