It’s that time of year when the air turns crisp, the leaves begin to fall, and seasonal influenza or “flu” once again becomes widespread in the places we work, live, and socialize with our friends. Given the recent epidemics of COVID-19 and Monkeypox, the approaching annual flu season may have slipped your mind.

YMyHealth speaks with fellow millennial and infectious disease specialist, Lindsay Morrison, MD, MSCI to learn what communities are at risk, how this virus differs from COVID-19, and what precautions we should when traveling this summer.