This story was originally published by The Lund Report, an independent nonprofit health news organization based in Oregon. It is republished with permission. You can reach Lynne Terry at [email protected] or at LynnePDX on X.
A new influenza strain barreling across the country has hit many states hard, causing illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths to spike and bringing warnings of a record flu season.
But so far, the virus has been less severe in Oregon, with no sign that the state will see the record illnesses of last year…