Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the nation, the numbers show.

The 2022-23 season brought 64.4 hospitalizations per 100,000 people, indicating the figures returned to pre-pandemic levels. However, flu hospitalizations were still fewer than in the 2017-18 ...

The CDC released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific communication coming from federal health agencies.

Flu activity remains elevated nationally but has decreased for two consecutive weeks as of Feb. 22, the CDC announced. "Data to date suggests the [flu] season has peaked," the CDC said.

For the first time this flu season, overall levels of the respiratory illness have reached "very high" activity despite a decrease in COVID-19 infections in recent months, according to the CDC ...

The vaccination rate for the flu as of October was roughly equivalent to the same time last year, the CDC found. By the end of 2023, nearly 44% of Americans were estimated to have gotten a flu shot .

The CDC says on its website: "Flu can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. Flu symptoms usually come on suddenly.

The CDC estimates there have been at least 29 million illnesses, 370,000 hospitalizations and 16,000 deaths from flu so far this season At least 68 pediatric flu deaths have been reported so far ...

Since the beginning of October 2024, around 40 million people have been sick with the flu, according to the CDC. More than ...