A fast-rising wave of influenza intensified during the week ending Saturday, Dec. 27, with the CDC’s latest FluView map showing 45 states at high or very high levels of influenza-like illness. The surge comes on the heels of holiday travel and gatherings and continues to spread across much of the

Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the CDC.

Seasonal influenza activity remained elevated and rose in the final week of December, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed on Monday, as the agency for the first time classified the 2025-26 season as "moderately severe.

Flu levels are at a 25-year high and cases are popping up in communities across the area. It's something that has so many people concerned, and for good reason.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 32 jurisdictions are showing "high" or "very high" levels of flu.

Influenza cases are climbing across the region, putting added strain on health systems like Essentia Health as more patients seek care. Christie Erickson, a nurse practitioner at Essentia Health in Hermantown,

Louisiana has joined New York, New Jersey, South Carolina and Colorado as the top five states with the highest flu cases in the nation, and experts advise citizens to take precautions such as hand washing and wearing masks to prevent the spread of the virus.

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"She couldn’t move at all." A 2-year-old girl from Calhoun remains hospitalized nearly three weeks after a flu diagnosis.

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