The new Jimmy Buffet musical “Escape to Margaritaville,” playing its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in California this summer, has found its Broadway home come Spring 2018. The new musical will premiere at the Marquis Theatre on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, and will open on Thursday, March 15, 2018. “Well, going to Broadway is a dream come true,…
More than 19 million cases of the flu have been diagnosed in the U.S. this season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
After a dip in the first few weeks of 2020, flu activity has once again picked up, with no signs the season has peaked. Widespread activity was reported in every state, except Hawaii, NBC News reports.
Overall, the CDC estimates that the flu has lead to 180,000 hospitalizations this season. Sixty-eight children have died.
Flu season had an odd start, with an unprecedented early surge in a B strain the virus. Flu B generally hits younger people harder. But now increasingly, cases of a flu A strain — H1N1 — have been diagnosed.
