U.S. Winter Flu Surge
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U.S. facing most intense flu season in at least 15 years
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CDC : 43 states reported high or very high flu activity last week .
CDC : There have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths.
Flu was most intense in the South , Southwest and western states.
The flu has forced schools to shut down in some states.
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