The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last week,according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Flu shots save lives. Even if they don’t prevent infection completely, they reduce severe complications like hospitalization ...

The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it’s not clear if it will be as bad as last winter’s. But some health experts are worried about a new type of flu virus and flagging vaccination efforts.

A woman receives a flu vaccination at a recent clinic in Cambridge, Mass., conducted by health care providers from the Cambridge Health Alliance. Flu-related deaths are at a seven-year high as ...

This past week, high flu activity was reported in 25 states, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimates the flu ...

(Des Moines) -- State health officials have confirmed the first flu death this fall.

The state has higher rates of flu hospitalizations, emergency room visits and positive tests than it did at this time last ...

After saying last month it had discontinued its weekly flu report, the Arkansas Department of Health has reversed course, publishing a shorter version of the bulletin while continuing to maintain its ...

Nov. 13 -- WEDNESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study of H1N1 swine flu in Mexico finds that while babies and people under the age of 40 are most likely to get sick, elderly people have the ...