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Influenza update: A robust season but there's (some) good news

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All key flu indicators are up from this time last year, reports Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA. But there is a bit of good news when it comes to oseltamivir.


 

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Situation update: Summary of weekly Fluview report. February 9, 2018. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/summary.htm. Accessed February 12, 2018.

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