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NPR Story
1:00 pm
Fri February 24, 2012
Mild Winter May Be Keeping Flu Bugs At Bay
By editor
Flu season usually peaks around February. But this year it's missing in action, with the CDC reporting the slowest start to the flu season on record. Peter Palese, a microbiologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses whether unseasonably warm winter weather may be to thank.