A Graphic Representation of a Generic Virus Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Story by Gus Koernig--Metro News

The outbreak of flu across the U.S. may very well have reached the level of an epidemic, a national health official says. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health says the nation is in what would "classically be described as a flu epidemic."  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says flu has now killed at least 20 children since the outbreak began.