CDC resumes weekly flu activity reports
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Media Statement
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 30, 2015
Contact: Media Relations, Office of Communication
(404) 639-3286
Information about influenza activity in the United States is collected, compiled and analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in a report called FluView. CDC has resumed full FluView reporting for the 2015-2016 U.S. flu season and has made a number of refinements to the report this season.
FluView includes information on:
- when and where influenza activity is occurring in the United States,
- what influenza viruses are circulating, and
- the impact of influenza disease in the United States, including flu-related illness, hospitalizations and deaths.
FluView is available in a downloadable PDF report, but the information also is available in interactive applications (FluView Interactive), which allow users to create and customize dynamic visuals.
This season, a number of refinements have been made to FluView including:
- Differentiating data provided by public health and clinical laboratories,
- Providing lineage for influenza B virus data,
- Displaying graphically the age distribution of influenza-positive specimens,
- Transitioning to the National Center for Health Statistics electronic mortality surveillance system, which provides a more complete and accurate assessment of deaths from flu.
Subscribe to the FluView RSS feed for updates and news. The reports are posted weekly on Fridays.
Additional Information
- Influenza activity is low at this time, but there are early signs that activity is increasing.
- CDC recommends that everyone six months of age and older get vaccinated against influenza every year.
- Influenza viruses are constantly changing so the composition of the seasonal influenza vaccine is reviewed annually and updated periodically to better match circulating viruses.
- The composition of the 2015-2016 season’s influenza vaccine has been updated to better match circulating influenza viruses.
- Laboratory data indicate that most circulating influenza viruses remain similar to the influenza viruses used to make this season’s vaccines; this suggests that vaccination should protect against most circulating influenza viruses.
- As of October 30, 2015, more than 118 million doses of 2015-2016 flu vaccine have been distributed.
- Learn more about flu at www.cdc.gov/flu and more about vaccines at Vaccines.gov.
- Page last reviewed: October 30, 2015 (archived document)
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