What month is flu month?
The exact timing and duration of flu seasons varies, but influenza activity often begins to increase in October. Most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, although significant activity can last as late as May.
How many people have died from the flu in Canada 2015?
Over 560 Canadians have died and more than 7,400 have been hospitalized as a result of the influenza virus during the 2014/2015 flu season which ends in August. That number is the highest since a flu pandemic struck Canada in 2009/2010, hospitalizing 7,188 and killing 351 people.
What months are cold and flu season?
Every season plays out differently, but typically the peak of cold and flu season is between December and February. In fact, according to the CDC, during a 34-year period dating back to 1982, February was the peak month of flu activity during 14 seasons.
How is flu season defined?
Definition of flu season : the time of year, and especially the winter, when many people get influenza and other mild illnesses.
What virus was going around in 2013?
2009 H1N1 viruses predominated overall during the 2013-14 flu season, though influenza B viruses became the predominant virus nationally later in the season and caused an increase in influenza-like-illness in parts of the northeast especially.
When does flu season end?
Flu season in the U.S. usually peaks in January and February and ends by April or May. The CDC recommends that everyone over the age of 6 months old gets a yearly flu vaccine. Try to get your flu shot as soon as it becomes available—by the end of October, if possible.
Why is the flu seasonal?
These viruses spread seasonally each year because of a phenomenon known as antigenic drift: They evolve just enough to evade human immune systems, but not enough to develop into completely new versions of the virus.
When did the flu start?
Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus.