This influenza season has been particularly severe in the United States, with CDC data showing a rate of hospitalization related to flu that is higher than any other season in the past 14 years.

Now, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is reporting that flu severity is low in the state, as the number of cases trends down. However, parts of the state, particularly the Cape, Central ...

The CDC says Washington is seeing its first “high severity season" since the 2017-2018 flu season, with 296 deaths so far.