Just when you thought cold-season sniffles were par for the course — think again. This year, health experts are sounding the alarm about a mutated flu strain that could make winter especially brutal. It is not just the usual seasonal flu: a new version of Influenza A ( H3N2 ), called “subclade K”, is spreading in several countries and early data suggest our current vaccines may not fully protect against it. Infectious disease specialists are already bracing for a more severe flu season and urging everyone to get ahead of it. In the US, things are particularly concerning. Last season was officially labelled a “high severity” year by the CDC, with overwhelmed hospitals, high hospitalisation rates and a surge in flu-related mortality. With a mutated strain now in the mix — one that wasn

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