The holiday season is typically filled with time with loved ones, but sometimes also with germs.

The CDC is reporting a spike in flu cases across the country. A new mutated strain, called Subclade K, is causing more severe illness.

As flu vaccination rates decline, flu cases start to rise

Anywhere from 30 to 38 percent of Tennesseans are vaccinated for the flu.

Dr. Nader Rahbe, A+ Pharmacy, has been seeing patients in the Chattanooga area for five years. However, he has decades of flu season experience.

Dr. Rahbe says more and more people are coming into his practice with severe symptoms.

Feeling off? Flu and COVID cases increasing, right on track with previous years

Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping, and viruses are spreading: every year we see illnesses like the flu an

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