CDC reports drop in flu-related activity

ATLANTA Influenza continued to drop for the week ended Nov. 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted Friday, as the number of states reporting widespread influenza-like illnesses dropped to 25 from 32.

But illness rates are still above the norm — 3.7% of all patient visits reported through the U.S. Outpatient Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network were due to influenza-like illness. This percentage is above the national baseline of 2.3%.