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 ...

Keep reading Forbes Advisor for the chance to see the answer ... (flu) is a common and potentially serious viral infection that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death.

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 ...

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

This year’s flu season has reached a new milestone, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control ...

Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and ...

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%, ...

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 ...