'Literally gasping for air' | Doctors, parents on high alert with flu season: Friday, Nov. 11

Flu activity is continuing to pick up across the country and South Carolina is one of four states experiencing the highest spread right now according to the CDC. North Carolina is also seeing high spread right now.Hospitals and doctors’ offices are swamped with patients, and the biggest rise in flu cases has been in school-age children.“A lot of the kids who are coming in are saying 'we had 10 kids out in my class today,' things like that,” Dr. Rhonda Patt with Atrium Health said.Rock Hill Schools sent a letter home to parents last week, saying it's working closely with SCDHEC to monitor flu conditions in its schools and asked them to be aware of the symptoms and keep their kids home if they’re not feeling well.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/flu-viruses-health-season-local/275-16b32583-6444-47ae-95f1-b5df5f701042 A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness — a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it.District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress' power to make laws.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/student-loan-forgiveness-unconstitutional/507-f297207c-4c2c-4798-b39e-03e099a7f056Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!