Doctors are not required to report each positive flu test to public health officials, so the CDC and others monitor probable flu activity by looking at “influenza-like illnesses.” Those are defined as having a fever of at least 100 degrees and a cough and/or sore throat without any other known cause. Dr. James Cutrell, an […]
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