Expert: Vaccinations, Information Key to Combating Intense Flu Season
Advice from the head of the Infectious Diseases Society of America: Get a shot and don't censor government data.
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 Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic.
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.
The US is having its most active flu season in 15 years
The United States is experiencing its most severe flu season in more than a decade, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating that there have been at least 24 million influenza cases so far this season.
N.Y. sees worst flu season in at least 15 years
New York is experiencing its most severe flu season in at least 15 years based on the number of hospitalized people who have tested positive. Nationally, hospitalizations of influenza patients are at the second-highest level for the same period,
This flu season in the US is the most severe in 15 years
Flu season in the United States is the worst it has been in 15 years when it comes to visits to doctor's offices.
Flu activity now highest in 15 years
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.
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 ...
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Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
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This US Flu Season Is Seeing The Most Doctor's Visits For Respiratory Illness Since 2010
As the US enters what is usually the peak month of the flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ...
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.
Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1 ...
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Preventable Influenzas Has Taken 13,000 Lives This Season, Reports CDC- How Flu Can Be Fatal?
Flu continues to be one of the most common and alarming seasonal illnesses. In the period spanning from 2023 to 2024, there ...
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First 2 pediatric flu deaths reported in Michigan
Two Michigan children have died after being diagnosed with Influenza A (H1N1). Genesee and Wayne counties each had one ...