After last year’s record-breaking flu season — one of the deadliest in more than a decade — health officials are bracing for another unpredictable year.
Early signs from abroad suggest that flu activity is ramping up fast: the U.K. is reporting an unusual spike in young adults and children, while Japan has already declared a flu epidemic.
But in the U.S., experts warn we may not see the full picture this fall.
Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to offer insight into what we can expect during this year’s flu season. To schedule an interview with an expert, please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum at katelyn [dot] deckelbaum
gwu [dot] edu (katelyn[dot]deckelbaum[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Elizabeth Choma is a pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing.
April Barbour is an internist with the GW Medical Faculty Associates and an associate professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Charles Baron is a primary care provider and assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the GW Medical Faculty Associates and GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Elizabeth Bluhm is an internist at the GW Medical Faculty Associates and an assistant professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Adam Singleton is a clinical assistant professor of Surgery in the Ear, Nose, & Throat Center within the GW Medical Faculty Associates.
Anne Monroe is an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at GW.
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