Early peak, low vaccinations: It’s been an unusual flu season in Alaska

Dec. 24—It's been an unusual flu season so far in Alaska, said the state's top epidemiologist: The respiratory illness arrived early, weeks before the rest of the country, and cases are now declining across most of Alaska. However, RSV cases are on the rise, and Alaska is reporting particularly low vaccination rates for the three illnesses that typically send hundreds of Alaskans to the …