Is the Flu virus spreading?
There is an overall increasing trend in the number of flu-related hospitalizations in the United States each year. Cases of the flu, which were not covered in 2008 flu shot, occurred at an alarming rate. It is estimated that each year in the U.S. more than 200,000 people are hopsitalized from flu-related complications and 36,000 people die from flu-related causes and those numbers are only getting worse.