For the second year in a row, New Hampshire and the U.S. experience rough flu season

By: William Skipworth

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 907

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Dr. Michael Calderwood, an epidemiologist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, said this flu season has been “probably the third most severe season amongst adults” in recent history.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there have been at least 30 million cases of influenza, 370,000 hospitalizations for the illness, and 23,000 deaths across the United States this season as of March 28, the most recent data available. In New Hampshire, …

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