flu season
noun
: the time of year, and especially the winter, when many people get influenza and other mild illnesses
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In the 2024-25 flu season, 96 percent of all U.S. flu vaccines and 98 percent of those in the Vaccines for Children program were thimerosal-free.
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
The 2024-25 flu season – the worst in the US in more than a decade – is believed to have peaked in early February.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Summer waves of Covid have occurred each year since 2020 before rising again in the fall and winter during the typical flu season.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Some Denver parents got texts during this winter’s brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids, an unusual study about trust and vaccines in a historically Black community.
—Lauran Neergaard, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
The 2024-25 flu season – the worst in the US in more than a decade – is believed to have peaked in early February.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Summer waves of Covid have occurred each year since 2020 before rising again in the fall and winter during the typical flu season.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 27 May 2025
Some Denver parents got texts during this winter’s brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods chose flu shots for their kids, an unusual study about trust and vaccines in a historically Black community.
—Lauran Neergaard, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
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“Flu season.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flu%20season. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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