Hospitalizations for influenza are the highest they have been at this time of year since 2010, the CDC reported Friday.
There have been at least 8.7 million illnesses, 78,000 hospitalizations and 4,500 deaths from influenza so far this season in the United States, according to the CDC, with hospitalizations doubling over the course of a week to 19,593 patients in the week ending Nov. 26. Read more in Healio.