It might be mid-winter, but there's nothing mid about this offer.

The new Samsung Galaxy S-25 Ultra brings every winter sport moment to life as crisp as freshly laid snow.

With its stunning 6.9 inch dynamic ammo-led display, razor-sharp resolution.

But here's the real win. Claim 250 pounds cashback.

Conveniently available to spend in your Samsung wallet.

Purchased before January 29th from a participating retailer.

Claim on the Samsung website within 30 days of purchase.

T's and C's apply.

For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Kendra Pier Lewis in for Rachel Heldman.

You're listening to our weekly science news roundup.

First up, if it feels like almost everyone you know, either has the flu, is getting over the flu, or has just gotten over the flu, you're not totally wrong.

In the U.S., more than 8% of all visits to a health care provider in the week that ended December 27th were for respiratory illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That's the highest rate the agency has recorded since it began keeping track in 1997.

According to the CDC, so far this season, the flu has contributed to an estimated 120,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, including nine children.

This search comes even as the CDC has rolled back its flu

vaccine guidance for children. In early January, the agency reversed its decades-long

recommendation that everyone over the age of six months get vaccinated. The agency now advised

with parents to discuss influenza vaccination with their child's doctor. Last year, shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the Secretary of Health and Human Services,

the CDC canceled a promotion campaign encouraging flu vaccination that health officials had deemed effective.

They also removed the campaigns-related webpages.

Much of the uptick in cases and hospitalizations this flu season

seem to be driven by a new variant of H3N2, known as subclave K.

...