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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2018, file photo, Ana Martinez, a medical assistant at the Sea Mar Community Health Center, gives a patient a flu shot in Seattle. Flu season continues to get worse, as this has become the most intense the country has seen since a pandemic strain hit nine years ago, U.S. health officials said on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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The flu blanketed the U.S. again last week for the third straight week. Only Hawaii has been spared.

By MIKE STOBBE, (AP Medical Writer) January 26, 2018