According to a CDC spokesperson, the week ending on Jan. 25 was the first time the percentage of deaths due to the flu was higher than the percentage of deaths due to COVID. That week, 1.7% of ...

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

Corresponding CDC documents summarizing the cat study and another as-yet unpublished bird flu analysis said the reports were scheduled to be published Jan. 23. These were reviewed by KFF Health News.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention killed a campaign promoting seasonal flu shots and canceled a major conference with virus experts just days after outspoken vaccine skeptic Robert F.

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

Share on Pinterest For the first time, the death rate for the flu is higher than the mortality rate for COVID-19. Daniel de la Hoz/Getty Images The CDC reports the highest level of flu cases since ...

Requests for comment to the CDC and HHS were not immediately returned. The campaign sought to "reset public expectations around what a flu vaccine can do in the event that it does not entirely ...

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

Advertisement There have also been 16,000 deaths caused by the flu, the CDC says. "Just recently, for the first time this year, flu deaths have surpassed COVID deaths," Dr. Lauren Siewny ...