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The U.S. has “crossed the epidemic threshold” when it comes to flu, federal health officials said Friday, as they outlined plans to deploy personnel from the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and supplies like ventilators from the Strategic National Stockpile, if needed.
U.S. flu hospitalizations are higher now than they’ve been at this point in every other flu season since 2010-2011, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on a press call.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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