CDC Reports Decrease in Flu Activity

‘It’s actually pretty common that we see a little bit of a dip around the holidays, but we typically see an increase after that,’ an epidemiology expert said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated in its latest update that current U.S. flu activity has declined for the first time in several weeks.

Influenza cases are down by 14 percent in the past week, while the number of hospitalizations has “decreased slightly,”  the CDC stated on Jan. 12 in an update to its influenza weekly report. But the agency noted that “influenza activity remains elevated in most parts of the country.”