Bracing for flu season: Steps to protect yourself right now

Get your flu shot as soon as possible, wash your hands often, and watch for signs of this dangerous virus. Flu season is under way, and doctors are hopeful this year’s influenza outbreak will be far less severe than the last one. The 2017–18 flu season ranked in the high-severity category for every age group, hospitalizing hundreds of thousands of people and killing almost 200 children and tens of thousands of adults…