This year’s flu season is brutal — and getting the vaccine is one of the best ways to prevent yourself from getting seriously sick. | Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images If this cold and flu season seem especially sneezy-coughy-fevery to you, it is not your imagination. Flu is surging in 45 states and outpatient doctor visits for flu-like symptoms are the highest they’ve been since we started keeping track of the data.  It’s not like the flu is new: Literally every year we have to navigate cold and flu season. And yet here we are in 2026, plagued with these r...

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