Early data suggest that the 2024-2025 flu shots have effectively lowered rates of flu hospitalization and outpatient visits ...

The CDC estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter including 86 children. The agency says at least ...

Norovirus spreads easily and often causes vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain, although people usually recover in a few days. And the virus has many names — stomach flu, stomach bug and cruise ...

The outbreak of bird flu that began in the United States in 2022 among wild birds and poultry has since spread to dairy ...

The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to data from the US ...

Michigan health officials Thursday confirmed the state’s third flu-associated child death for the 2024-2025 flu season.

The first days of the COVID pandemic feel like a movie looking back: we watched in horror as the virus ravaged China, Italy, ...

“Findings in this report show that vaccination with the 2024–2025 influenza vaccine reduced the likelihood of medically attended influenza and support CDC’s recommendation that all persons aged ≥6 ...

As this year’s severe flu season rages across the country, federal health officials are investigating a rise in rare b ...

1. The flu vaccine was 41% to 55% effective at preventing hospitalizations among adults this season. For children and adolescents, these figures ranged from 63% to 78%. 2. The flu shot's effectiveness ...

Three of the viruses — flu, COVID-19 and RSV — are respiratory viruses and spread from person to person through germ-filled ...