The current flu season is relatively mild, at least in comparison with last year’s punishing epidemic. The percentage of doctor visits for flulike symptoms this season, starting in 2018, is far below that of the previous season, which began in the fall of 2017. But it is still large compared with flu seasons over the past several years, and has been rising, according to flu-trackers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have also been more deaths than usual from the milder strain that is causing most flu...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 14, 2019 18:00 UTC