School closings in Florida and Oklahoma and the deaths of a 12-year-old Florida boy and 37-year-old Indiana woman, both reportedly from influenza, are the latest signs of a growing epidemic across the United States, experts say.

PHOTO: A map posted by CDC showing 2017-2018 influenza season week 3, Jan. 20, 3018.CDC
A map posted by CDC showing 2017-2018 influenza season week 3, Jan. 20, 3018.

Karlie Illg Slaven, a mother of two, died Jan. 22, three days after being diagnosed with the flu, her father told ABC Cincinnati affiliate WCPO-TV.

Slaven started feeling ill after her children and husband recovered from the flu, Karl Illg told WCPO…..more here