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Here?s a tip for those who managed to duck the flu?s first punch: Watch out for the next one.
Many communities are experiencing an increase in flu, part of a second wave that is hitting some regions of the country particularly hard, health officials say. Most of the effects are in the Northeast ? New England, New York and New Jersey ? but some parts of the mid-Atlantic are seeing increased flu activity.
Federal health officials say it?s common for an uptick in flu to occur in March and April. Often that is caused by an increase in the influenza B virus, a strain different from the ones that dominated earlier in the flu season.
?We are experiencing a second wave of flu, and that second wave is influenza B,? said Lyn Finelli, chief of influenza surveillance and outbreak response at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ?In some communities in the Northeast, they tell us that they?re experiencing more influenza now than during the peak of the flu seasons in late December and early January.?
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http://bangordailynews.com/2014/04/23/health/the-flu-is-back-for-a-second-round-in-new-england/
Many communities are experiencing an increase in flu, part of a second wave that is hitting some regions of the country particularly hard, health officials say. Most of the effects are in the Northeast ? New England, New York and New Jersey ? but some parts of the mid-Atlantic are seeing increased flu activity.
Federal health officials say it?s common for an uptick in flu to occur in March and April. Often that is caused by an increase in the influenza B virus, a strain different from the ones that dominated earlier in the flu season.
?We are experiencing a second wave of flu, and that second wave is influenza B,? said Lyn Finelli, chief of influenza surveillance and outbreak response at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ?In some communities in the Northeast, they tell us that they?re experiencing more influenza now than during the peak of the flu seasons in late December and early January.?
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http://bangordailynews.com/2014/04/23/health/the-flu-is-back-for-a-second-round-in-new-england/