Dr. Tara Vijayan

professor of medicine who specializes in infectious diseases at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine

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The CDC says across the entire country, flu activity is minimal. In California, only a tiny percentage of tests have come back positive.

Following COVID and calls for flu vaccinations, where has influenza gone?

The CDC says across the entire country, flu activity is minimal. In California, only a tiny percentage of tests have come back positive.

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