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

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, ...

The worst flu season in years is gripping New Hampshire with hospitals reporting more people testing positive and some admitting more patients. "Influenza A (flu) is at its highest level in 15 years ...

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%, ...

With threats of avian flu and lead poisoning, biologists are working overtime to care for a species that nearly went extinct.

The CDC reported the United States’ first-ever human case of H5N1 ... marking the first U.S. bird flu death. Health officials said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems ...

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting two pediatric flu-related deaths, the first for the 2024-2025 flu season.

The United States is currently facing one of the worst flu seasons in nearly 15 years, with 13,000 deaths attributable to ...

Low vaccination rates may also be contributing to this year’s sick season. As of late January, U.S. vaccine uptake was well ...

COVID-19, according to CDC data. Rates of influenza hospitalizations are more than three times higher than COVID-19 ...

Influenza cases continue to mount with the virus reaching activity levels in the U.S. not seen for the last 15 years, according to the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.