California is seeing high levels of flu activity. 

Officials at the California Department of Public Health confirmed on Tuesday that a mutated influenza strain dubbed the “super flu” is spreading in California. 

The news came as the CDPH confirmed a second pediatric death related to the flu since the start of the respiratory virus season. The “super flu” strain is a mutated type of seasonal influenza A called H3N2 subclade K and has spread globally. 

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Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco, said people infected with the mutated strain will likely get common flu symptoms, such as body aches, fever, cough and headache. 

“I think this particular strain makes people feel........

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