How to Use flu in a Sentence

flu

noun
  • He came down with a bad bout of the flu.
  • The first is about three ways to get rid of the flu fast.
    — Kenda Laney, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • That was still much higher than the flu’s death rate of 3.7%.
    — Jason Gale, Fortune Well, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The cost of a dozen — though volatile thanks to avian flu — has doubled to more than $3.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • So far, the public health risk of avian flu, or H5N1, is low.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
  • There have been five flu deaths thus far this season in the state.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Wild birds, which were the source of the avian flu, are migrating north again.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There wasn’t a lot of great art produced about the Spanish flu of 1918.
    — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Egg prices, which have been volatile after a bout of avian flu, fell 7.3%.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 15 May 2024
  • The flu shot is effective for about three to six months.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Over the past decade, the death rate for flu was about 5% to 13% of those hospitalized.
    — CBS News, 2 July 2022
  • But before that … This week’s must-reads: What is ‘Teflon flu’?
    — Tara Parker-Pope, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Egg prices have soared as a result of a deadly avian flu.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
  • So far, uptake has been low compared with the flu shot.
    — Sabrina Malhi The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Pre-pandemic, fall was just a time for flu shots, if that.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In some years, the burden of RSV disease comes close to the burden of flu in the elderly.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 3 May 2023
  • Two flu viruses are known to spread among dogs around the world: one that jumped from horses and one from birds.
    — Ida Emilie Steinmark, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Here are a few of my top takeaways about how to use food to stay healthy this cold and flu season.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The long history of bird flu Bird flu is thought to have been around for hundreds of years.
    — Karen Kucher, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Since then, the flu has spread in bird populations in at least 14 states.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2022
  • This goes for the common cold, the flu and viruses that could be life-threatening.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2022
  • But who could obtain such a note within hours of waking up with the flu or a back spasm?
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In the first week of this year, 13 children died of flu, bringing this season's total to 40.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Pet cats now appear at risk — of getting the flu from their owners.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Soothing Spices Spices that are on the sweeter side may be best for flu support.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That’s roughly the same approach long used to select the strains for the annual flu shot.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The flu was last detected in Missouri birds on Feb. 23.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Less than half of the adult population in the US gets a flu vaccine every year.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • This process is typical for new drugs, but has not been part of the process for seasonal updates to vaccines like the flu shot.
    — Sean Conlon,brian Evans, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Bird flu is not a big concern for songbirds, but other diseases, such as conjunctivitis, can affect them.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 2 May 2025

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