Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data
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 ...
An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients
The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with ...
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Flu deaths surpass COVID deaths in California for the first time since the start of the pandemic
“Prior to COVID, influenza was the only epidemic infectious disease in the developed world that every ... year, the spike in deaths is steeper, with the percent of deaths attributed to the flu ...
Disease digest: The truth about the flu, measles, whooping cough and other viruses spiking in the US
Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV are staples of the winter cold and flu season, but the measles, whooping cough and norovirus are ...
Why is this year’s flu season so bad? Doctors weigh in on symptoms and prevention
Doctor visits for flu symptoms are at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss flu trends, symptoms and ...
Flu cases skyrocket in NJ, inundating ERs and hitting children hard
The surge has come at a time when numbers are usually dropping off. It's the worst in 15 years, says one New Jersey doctor.
Have the flu or know someone with it? Flu cases surge to highest levels in 15 years, CDC says
Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.
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Why is this year’s flu season so bad? Doctors weigh in on symptoms and prevention
The timing and severity of flu seasons varies from year to year ... severity of each flu season based on influenza-like illness activity, flu hospitalizations and flu-coded deaths.
Flu season in the US is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.