YORK COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - The holidays are here and families and friends are coming together to celebrate, but it’s also respiratory illness season. While the CDC says respiratory illness activity in the U.S. is low right now, illnesses like influenza generally pick up as the winter months approach.

As people make plans for the winter holidays, health care professionals like Rebecca Cuprys, who is a nurse practitioner with Piedmont Medical Center, are sharing details on how to prevent spreadable illnesses like influenza.

Cuprys shares, “Big things you know as far as vaccination, consider getting your flu shot even starting now. A lot of people choose to wait until a little bit closer to when we get peak flu season which tends to be in those first couple of months of the year.”

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