The United States isn't out of a severe flu season yet as more children are getting infected.
Cases across the country had appeared to decline before the latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on Jan. 30 showed upticks in infections.
“We are heading up a second peak of flu season,” said Caitlin Rivers, a Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist who writes the “Force of Infection” newsletter. The country saw its first peak right around the New Year, followed by a couple weeks of declines, she added.
“Now, unfortunately, we’re seeing increases again, particularly in school-age children,” Rivers said. And as children and teens become infected, flu then spreads in households, causing upticks in cases.
Flu season is typically in the fall and winter, though could last longer. Experts note it can be notoriously hard to predict how a flu season will unfold.
