flu season
noun
: the time of year, and especially the winter, when many people get influenza and other mild illnesses
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The cold and flu season heightens the risk of airborne disease.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
What happened in last year’s flu season?
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
This year’s flu season is already raising alarms among public health officials and infectious disease experts.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Most of the flu viruses identified this season have been an A strain called H3N2, and half of those have come from subclade K, a variant that was responsible for a rougher-than-normal flu season this summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
What happened in last year’s flu season?
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
This year’s flu season is already raising alarms among public health officials and infectious disease experts.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Most of the flu viruses identified this season have been an A strain called H3N2, and half of those have come from subclade K, a variant that was responsible for a rougher-than-normal flu season this summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Flu season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flu%20season. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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