With the flu season in full swing, new information from the Centers for Disease Control should be unsettling to human resource departments.

A virulent strain of flu has taken over the lead in number of cases charted, and it's one the CDC says could extract a big toll from business.

The cost of the flu to employers has been well-documented. Unfortunately, so has the percentage of workers each year who refuse to be vaccinated against the various strains out there.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.