There were 200 pediatric flu-related deaths in the 2023-2024 season, compared to the previous high of 199 during the 2019-2022 season. Dr. Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency physician ...
In early January 2025, a person in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms died, marking the first U.S. bird flu death. Health officials said the person was older than 65 ...
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 ...
This year’s flu season has reached a new milestone, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control ...
Here are four more respiratory illness updates: Nearly 1.7% of all deaths nationwide were attributed to flu, compared to approximately 1.5% from COVID-19. Influenza test positivity rose to 31.6%, ...
COVID-19, according to CDC data. Rates of influenza hospitalizations are more than three times higher than COVID-19 ...
The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed the first human bird flu death in the United States on Monday. Dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health Dr. Ashish Jha discusses the uptick ...
Scientists Design Workaround That Improves Response to Flu Vaccine Dec. 19, 2024 — Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them ...
Hong Kong has recorded its first child fatality from influenza this year after a previously healthy five-year-old girl who caught the flu developed complications and died. The girl, who had not ...
Pollution-related deaths numbered 1.67 million in 2019, according to a new report led by Boston College researchers. Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, ...
Table of Contents Yesterday’s Wordle answer Hints for today’s Wordle Today’s Wordle answer Tips for tomorrow’s Wordle We have the solution to Wordle on February 13, as well as some helpful ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...