flu season
noun
: the time of year, and especially the winter, when many people get influenza and other mild illnesses
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According to an online flu dashboard last updated Wednesday, 81 flu deaths have been reported in Arkansas during the 2025-26 flu season.
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Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
Key Takeaways This flu season is among the worst in years, with at least 360,000 hospitalizations reported.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
That happened this past flu season, when a dominant variant called subclade K emerged too late to be incorporated in vaccines and contributed to particularly high infection rates.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
The past flu season, which the CDC classified as highly severe for children, killed more than a hundred kids.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
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Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
Key Takeaways This flu season is among the worst in years, with at least 360,000 hospitalizations reported.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
That happened this past flu season, when a dominant variant called subclade K emerged too late to be incorporated in vaccines and contributed to particularly high infection rates.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
The past flu season, which the CDC classified as highly severe for children, killed more than a hundred kids.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Flu season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flu%20season. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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