At least 44 states are reporting high or very high flu activity, but it’s not too late to get vaccinated and protect against severe illness, health authorities say. This story has been updated ...

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Recent research shows the bird flu virus may be just a few mutations away from transmitting more readily to humans, which could elevate risk. If you haven’t yet been sick this winter ...

Have you gotten your flu vaccine this winter? The first two influenza deaths of the season have been reported by Two Rivers Public Health Department, which serves Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin ...

This flu season is a "high-severity" season for all age groups. An estimated 33 million people have suffered from the flu so far this season. In Florida, like the rest of the U.S., the predominant ...

IN HUMAN HEALTH. SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS ON THE CURRENT FLU SEASON CASES ARE DECLINING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS, ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, MORE THAN 3100 TESTS ...

California is one of the states hit especially hard by this year's brutal flu season, with more than 900 deaths due to the respiratory illness reported since October 2024. Newsweek reached out to ...

Carly Pearce hasn’t been feeling great recently, and well, it just got a whole lot worse. The singer is currently across the pond, where's she's expected to play the U.K. stops of her ...

Feel like everyone around you is sick? You aren't wrong. Flu, norovirus, RSV and COVID are active. The Walgreens Flu Index ranked Mississippi No. 1 in the country for states with the highest ...

Visits to doctors' offices for flu-like illness fell to 6.8% from 7.7%. Flu activity remains "elevated" in the United States but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new federal data ...

While we're in the midst of the most severe flu season of the past 15 years, the U.S. is also seeing increased rates of norovirus. The situation with both illnesses isn't great right now ...

Adriane Casalotti, chief of government and public affairs for the National Association of County and City Health Officials, said officials heard a “short update” from CDC on the avian flu ...