How to Use influenza in a Sentence

influenza

noun
  • Still, the country saw high rates of both Covid and influenza in the first half of this year.
    Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Despite the name, influenza viruses do not cause the stomach flu.
    Maxine Lipner, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Scientists have used sewage to track surges of viruses such as RSV and influenza.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Tamiflu has been stored in the SNS and in state stockpiles in case of an influenza pandemic.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Their data show that H5N1 is the dominant form of influenza A swirling in these Texas towns’ wastewater.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • Canine influenza, commonly known as dog flu, is on the rise in some areas of the United States.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • That’s when the flu season began in Australia, and the severity of influenza there can foreshadow what’s in store for the US.
    Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • In the case of influenza A, the genome is broken into eight separate segments.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In 1918, the historic pandemic influenza was even worse than this.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
  • That tells us if the influenza A virus is a common seasonal one, or a rarer version like H5N1.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • It’s advised for anyone 6 months of age and older to get the influenza shot every season, according to the CDC.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Such outbreaks of Avian influenza happen from time to time, Hillman said.
    Peter Krouse, cleveland, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Spring may be around the corner but the flu – specifically, influenza B – is surging.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Anderson said the rise in prices is also connected to the 2022 outbreak of Avian influenza.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Avian influenza spreads through direct, bird-to-bird contact.
    Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The study has diagnosed cases of the influenza in high numbers of bald eagles and other avian species from member states.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Like influenza in humans, bird flu is a quickly evolving virus.
    Jess Craig, Vox, 14 May 2024
  • The specimen tested positive for influenza A virus on the same day.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Avian influenza poses a low risk to humans, experts say.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Increases of Covid-19 and influenza have also been linked to wildfire smoke.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • For one, mink are susceptible to both avian and human influenza strains.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The influenza vaccine is designed to last through the season, but effectiveness can wane.
    Julie Appleby, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • For healthy people, vaccination can reduce the risk of death from influenza by two-thirds.
    Discover Magazine, 22 June 2024
  • Most of the flu cases reported so far this season are influenza type A, specifically the H1N1 strain.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Whether humans can be infected with influenza D is less clear.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
  • However, the study which is yet to be peer-reviewed, found there was higher reporting of cold-like and influenza-like symptoms.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 July 2022
  • The shots are intended to bolster defenses as the nation heads into the fall and winter virus season, when influenza and RSV are also primed to be on the rise.
    Fenit Nirappil, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Still, with hundreds to thousands of farm workers at risk of contracting the virus, only 53 people in the country to date have been tested for H5 influenza.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
  • In contrast, mRNA vaccines being developed against the bird flu would be a first for influenza.
    Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 11 July 2024
  • Roughly one of every million people who get influenza vaccines may acquire the disorder, according to the CDC.
    Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 11 July 2024

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