The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

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 ...

Moderna said Wednesday that its experimental mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine generated a stronger immune response against four strains of the flu virus than a currently marketed vaccine in a Phase ...

So far this year, the CDC estimates that 5.3 million people nationwide have had the flu, and the virus has hospitalized 63,000 people, as well as contributed to 2,700 deaths, including 11 children.

RSV has been trending upwards since November before peaking on Dec. 21 with 2.7 hospitalizations per 100,000 people in the U.S., more hospitalizations than the flu but fewer than COVID.

Of the 25 children who died from flu, only one was vaccinated, the state health commissioner, Dr. James V. McDonald, noted. Five were too young to be vaccinated, he said in a statement.

Diagnosis: Flu test either with the new over-the-counter test or in the doctor's office Treatments: Antivirals for people who are older than 65 or have a chronic illness, symptom management COVID-19 ...

We're in the middle of one of the most severe flu seasons in a decade, as over 900,000 hospitalizations have been caused by the virus nationwide since October 2024, according to the CDC.