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    The surprising virulence of this year’s flu

    by Alice Park Dec 25, 2017 3 minutes
    A fiercer-than-usual flu season will meet a less-effective-than-usual vaccine. That spells trouble

    YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO THE influenza virus. For something that’s invisible to the human eye, it certainly has a way of grabbing our attention and anxiety—not just once in a blue moon but every year, winter after winter.

    This season the potentially deadly virus is in rare form. Public-health experts are predicting that this year’s flu will be severe for several reasons. Cases are starting up early, which is one indicator

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