March 3, 2025- The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to CNN. Data published by the CDC on Friday, February 28 shows that flu activity is still elevated but has decreased for two consecutive weeks.
There were more than 6 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US during the week ending February 22, according to CDC data. That’s less than half as many as there were two weeks earlier, but still more than there have been at this point in the season in at least 15 years – and respiratory illness activity was high or very high in all but 11 states last week. There have been at least 37 million illnesses, 480,000 hospitalizations and 21,000 deaths from flu so far this season, according to CDC estimates, and the agency expects several more weeks of flu activity.