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health · 3 outlets · 3 linked reports

A Brutal 2025-26 Flu Season Overwhelms US Hospitals

2026-07-06

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Summary

The 2025-26 flu season has been one of the harshest in memory, with the CDC estimating at least 15 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations and thousands of deaths — including dozens of children — by early January 2026.
Flu surged in 45 states, pushing doctor-visit levels to their highest in nearly 30 years.
A mutated 'subclade K' strain partly evades the vaccine; it followed 2024-25, the deadliest pediatric flu season since the CDC began tracking, with 289 child deaths.

The question

Vaccine mismatch is making seasonal flu far more dangerous.

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