A woman wears a facial surgical mask in an effort to

A woman wears a facial surgical mask in an effort to

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. and warns the season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A woman wears a facial surgical mask in an effort to protect herself from the influenza virus outbreak while riding the MARTA rail rapid transit system in Atlanta on Feb. 8, 2018 That's what Japanese drug maker Shionogi claims its new flu treatment can do, the Wall Street Journal reports , but the compound that could relieve one of the worst flu seasons in years wouldn't hit U.S. shelves until at least 2019.

from Biotech News