Some new evidence this is a particularly bad flu season: Flu-related hospitalizations of the elderly are the highest since the government started tracking that statistic nine years ago.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has joined health officials in recommending that all state residents get a flu shot - but now comes word some doctors are reporting shortages of vaccine.
It kills more than 20,000 Americans each year and sends 250,000 to the hospital with complications and yet, new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) find that less than half of all Americans are being vaccinated for the influenza virus.