It’s now been a half-decade since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 3,350 lives in the ...

Flu deaths have surpassed COVID-19 in California for the first time since the pandemic, with concerns over low vaccination rates and a likely severe flu season.

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

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 ...

A surge in flu cases has doctors’ offices and hospitals packed across the state. Physicians say are seeing a jump in coughing ...

The CDC says that doctor’s visits for flu illnesses are at their highest in 15 years. Emergency medicine physician Dr. Stephanie Widmer shares tips on how to protect yourself. Outpatient health ...

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 ...

Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...

Although the flu is common, it is a potentially serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. During the 2023-2024 flu season, the CDC estimated that the flu caused ...

State officials are blaming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, for causing the deaths of wild waterfowl in Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton, Starke and Benton counties ...