Where can I find up-to-date reports on flu activity in the US?

The CDC publishes a weekly influenza surveillance report, called the FluView. Each week information is made avaiable on the flu activity in the US. Several types of flu viruses can be active at any time, usually starting in week 40 of the year.

Information in FluView includes the following:

• Summary of Select Surveilance Components
• US Virologic Surveilance
• Pneumonia and Influenza Hospitalization and Death Tracking
• Antigenic Characterization
• Antivial Resistance
• Pneumonia and Influenza Mortality Surveillance
• Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality
• Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations
• Outpatient Illness Surveillance
• Geographic Spread of Influenza as Assessed by State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Also, see:

• International Situation Update

Last Reviewed: 11/10/2010

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