Australia’s deadliest influenza outbreak has left researchers scrambling to find out the causes of this year’s vicious season. Australian hospitals are overrun with patients struck down by this season’s vicious influenza outbreak and flu-related deaths continue to soar. The flu season started early this year after a mild 2018, leading to significantly higher numbers of cases that are usually experienced by this point. Nearly 217,000 Australians have been diagnosed with influenza so far this year, a dramatic increase across the country leaving state and territory health departments urging people to seek medical help if they feel unwell. Nearly 217,000 Australians have been diagnosed with influenza this year. Source:Getty Images The national death toll sits at 430 and experts believe the real figure to be much higher, saying some deaths were attributed to other causes despite showing many flu-related symptoms. Krispin Hajkowics, the Director of the Hospital’s Infectious Diseases Unit, […]