The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says flu cases are on the rise, along with a spike in emergency room visits.

The health agency released the data Friday despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

The CDC did not report the information as it usually does in a weekly breakdown of flu activity called FluView but instead posted information to a section that focuses on respiratory illnesses in general.

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