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Flu hospitalizations and doctor visits are at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss influenza trends ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — For the first time in more than seven years, t he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ...

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 ...

An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." ...

The rate of Americans visiting doctors’ offices for flu-like illness is continuing to reach record levels, new CDC data ...

The nation's top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...

Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among ...

Flu is still surging across the US, straining hospitals. Experts discuss 2024-25 flu season trends, symptoms to watch for, ...

All age groups in the United States are experiencing a "high severity" of influenza cases among all age groups for the first ...

Corresponding CDC documents summarizing the cat study and another as-yet unpublished bird flu analysis said the reports were scheduled to be published Jan. 23. These were reviewed by KFF Health News.