The very young and the elderly are the most vulnerable populations for severe outcomes from the flu, Berry said. “Right now, influenza is particularly affecting our young people,” Berry said.

From worries about food safety to egg prices, Americans have questions about the bird flu. This strain of bird flu, also known as H5N1, is not entirely new. It's been detected in a variety of bird ...

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms.

The U.S. is in peak flu season, as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says “seasonal influenza activity remains elevated and continues to increase across the country.” Case counts vary by ...

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention randomly tested 150 ...

The flu is surging around Massachusetts. Activity for the virus is designated as “very high” across the state, which is seeing the highest level of the illness since before the COVID-19 ...

Influenza A — a nasty flu strain that fueled the 2009 flu epidemic — has been landing Ohioans in the hospital since the beginning of the year. The second, less severe wave of flu-like illness ...

The flu is walloping every corner of Massachusetts in an unusual second surge of the season, with people reporting flu-like symptoms at rates higher than any other winter peak since before COVID ...