Whether prescribed or over the counter, medications for the flu might be tougher to find as cases continue to spike across North Texas and the nation.

A surge in flu cases is causing several North Texas school districts to shut down their campuses. Comanche ISD and Morgan ISD have both had closures this week, and Godley ISD in Johnson County reported 650 out of about 3,000 students out sick on Tuesday, according to CBS News.

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More than 650 students and staff are out sick in one North Texas district, forcing multiple schools to close. See which districts are affected.

Cases of flu are spiking across North Texas. On Monday, nearly 700 children were treated in the emergency department at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth. On an average day, the emergency room sees 379 patients. The number of flu cases this year is set to surpass the past several years, the medical system said.

Hospitals around Texas are seeing a surge of patients with respiratory viruses. KVUE spoke with an ER doctor about what he's seeing.