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 ...

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.

Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1 ...

The U.S. influenza rate is at or near its highest level in at least 15 years and is still on the rise, the U.S. Centers for ...

Influenza cases continue to mount with the virus reaching activity levels in the U.S. not seen for the last 15 years, according to the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

Flu has surged to high levels across the US, straining hospitals. Experts discuss 2024-25 flu season trends, symptoms to ...

More than 24 million people have had seasonal flu this season, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control ...

The alarm was raised last week when the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first US death linked to bird flu. A 65-year-old individual contracted the H5N1 avian influenza strain and was ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu among poultry and dairy cattle across the United States, the country has recorded its first human death due the virus known as avian influenza A or H5N1. On Jan. 6 ...

The Centers for Disease Control announced the first human death from H5N1 avian flu or "bird flu" in the United States on Jan. 6 -- and the illness continues to spread. In a Jan. 6 news release, the ...

there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — including at least 57 children. Traditionally, flu season peaks around February. Overall ...