With a more severe flu strain circulating on top of other respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and whooping cough, the percentage of people going to their doctors for flu-like illnesses has ...

Activity during the current flu season is growing to severe levels, with the percentage of doctors’ visits for flu-like illnesses reaching the highest level on record, according to the most recent ...

Seasonal flu activity is up across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The positivity rate for influenza was 32.9% as of the week ending Dec. 27, an ...

THEY SAID THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON OUT HERE, THAT SOME TYPE OF BUG. THAT’S WHY ME AND MY MOM GOT SICK AT THE SAME TIME. MARYLAND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE OVERWHELMED AMID A SURGE IN RESPIRATORY ...

As he addressed an audience of virologists from China, Australia, and Singapore at October’s Pandemic Research Alliance Symposium, Wei Zhao introduced an eye-catching idea. The gene-editing technology ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --Influenza has caused 3,100 deaths and 81,000 hospitalizations among 7.5 million flu cases so far this respiratory disease season the number of cases reported in the United States ...

If it feels like everyone is getting the flu, you're not imagining it. This is shaping up to be another severe flu season. That's why it's important to take advantage of every tool we have to keep the ...

Cases of influenza in the United States are rising, driven by a new strain that public health officials worry current vaccines may not protect against as effectively. Health officials and researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of hospitalizations, emergency room and outpatient visits, and deaths associated with the flu have shot up, according ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel. That variant, known as “subclade K,” led to ...