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The flu vaccine is never a guarantee against the illness, and the vaccine is even less effective this year due to a mutated strain of influenza that's infecting more people than usual, but that doesn't mean you have to become a victim.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The flu is rampant in most of the country, and health officials say the season could peak soon.

It appears flu activity, which has been declared as an epidemic this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is getting worse.

Just a few days into the winter season, a growing number of New Jersey residents are getting sick with the flu.

Flu season is underway across the U.S. and as fears about Ebola spread, it's possible that some people could confuse the two viruses since they both exhibit similar symptoms in the beginning.

A government scientist kept silent about a potentially dangerous lab blunder and revealed it only after workers in another lab noticed something fishy, according to an internal investigation.

The calendar says mid-April, everything is turning green, the birds are singing, and yet in many parts of New Jersey there are reports of increased influenza-like illness.

Most of the time, exposure to influenza is most dangerous for older individuals, but this year just the opposite seems to be true.

With people inside more often and in closer contact, catching a cold or the flu is more common and some symptoms are similar.

Each year hundreds of people die from it, thousands are hospitalized.  It's one nasty bug you don't want.