Dr. Robert Murphy, professor of infectious diseases at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Dean Richards to talk flu season coming earlier this year in addition to COVID leading to more people getting sick. Then, of course, Dr. Murphy answers listener questions.
Flu season is here early this year
Dr Meeta Khan, dons a face mask before seeing a respiratory patient at the Rush University Hospital emergency department, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in Chicago. Flu season in the U.S. has hit early and, in some places, hard. But whether this will be considered a bad season by the time it has run its course in the spring remains to be seen. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)