If you feel lousy, you’re not alone.
Cases of influenza are spiking now in Colorado and across the U.S.
Many people are suffering with chills, fevers, a cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache and body aches. While those symptoms can also be consistent with COVID-19, experts say cases of influenza A are dominating the winter respiratory virus season right now. (Don’t confuse influenza with extremely contagious stomach bugs, like norovirus, which some people also call the stomach flu.)
So far, the 2024-2025 flu season has been tough. According to officials with the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu this season has thus far caused: