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

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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.

Numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday morning showed nearly 50,000 people were admitted to hospitals with influenza, and 10 children died of seasonal ...

"Seasonal influenza activity remains elevated and continues to increase across the country," the CDC said. For the first time this flu season, overall levels of the respiratory illness have ...

While we often refer to it as "the flu," the influenza virus has several strains, with flu A and flu B considered the most common and the most severe.

That could change if not enough people get their seasonal flu shot. The potential for danger lies in H5N1’s genetic pliability, according to Edwin Michael, PhD, an epidemiologist at the ...