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Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu – an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard

  • Written by Jean Hoffman, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu – an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hardNationally, doctor's visits for flu-like symptoms are at a 30-year high.Boston Globe/Getty Images

Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season. In the week ending Dec. 27, 2025, 831 people were hospitalized with influenza – the most since the state started tracking flu cases two decades ago. Hospitalizations eased the following...

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