Flu Season 2019: What you need to know

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Flu season is fast approaching and experts are forecasting another bad year for the United States.

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According to the Florida Department of Health, flu activity has increased in Florida in September but remains low overall.
Dr. Allen Todd, of Ascension St. Vincent's Family Medicine, said officials look to the Southern Hemisphere to try to predict what our flu season might be like.
According to the American Council on Science and Health, Australia had a bad flu season because of a predominant strain known as H3N2.
The CDC is recommending that flu vaccinations should be received by the end of October for the 2019/2020 flu season.

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