Massachusetts experienced a surge in flu cases this season and Boston health officials say while numbers are improving, it’s straining hospitals. Flu cases are trending down from the first week of ...

Amrita Sidhu finally got her flu shot, but only at the urging of her daughter who is in the medical profession and seeing a spike in severe cases of the flu in Massachusetts. "I feel quite healthy, ...

Only 37% of Boston residents are vaccinated, a concern for the spread and intensity of flu cases, Ojikutu said. The post Boston Public Health Commissioner on the flu: Cases are decreasing but vaccines ...

As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update on the ongoing public health initiatives in Massachusetts.

The United States is experiencing its worst flu season in 15 years, with influenza levels reaching a peak not seen since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Hospitals are overwhelmed with flu patients ...

DOCTORS SAY IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GET THE FLU SHOT. THEY ALSO RECOMMEND WEARING ... TODD According to the most recent data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, laboratory-confirmed ...

In Massachusetts, the CDC has the problem rated ... and the specific strain of the virus." The flu vaccine, for everyone ages 6 months and older, is crucial, Dr. Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, a ...

State health leaders in Massachusetts are raising concerns about ... flu season is not over and there's still time to get a flu shot. That, and the classic precautions - stay home if you feel ...

Gaps in surveillance and cuts by the Trump administration to medical research threaten to undermine efforts to contain a ...

Massachusetts residents are in the midst of what some public health officials are calling a “tsunami” of flu infections. Residents are reporting flu symptoms at higher rates than any winter ...

Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife ...

While the company has conditional approval, the USDA will still have to approve its larger use before farmers can give it to their flocks, according to Science Magazine. The report added that if bird ...