News Scan for May 15, 2018

In its latest global flu update, the World Health Organization noted some rising flu activity throughout the Southern Hemisphere, including tropical regions in the Americas. But around the world, flu remains within typical seasonal thresholds. Flu dropped to inter-seasonal levels for all of the Northern Hemisphere, except for some countries in Eastern Europe and the western parts of the Russian federation. In the United States, Canada, and Mexico, flu was at inter-seasonal levels, with cases divided equally among influenza A and B strains. Influenza also decreased throughout all parts of Asia.