Experts warn the illness is still weeks from diminishing.

BY AVA LEVINSON, NEWS WRITER

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The new year marks the throes of flu season, and this season is no exception. A new variant, subclade K, is sweeping across the U.S., driving the highest flu levels seen in decades.

Flu-like symptoms represented over 8 percent of doctor visits in the final week of December, compared with just under 7 percent at the same time last year. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data, of the roughly 11 million people who have had the flu this........

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