The United States is seeing a second peak in flu cases this season. After doctor’s office visits for flu dipped early this ...

Q&A: From people avoiding wild birds to farmers protecting their animals, Kent State epidemiologist Dr. Tara Smith shares ...

Temperatures may no longer be freezing, but we're still in sniffle season. The Southern 7 Health Department will be holding ...

According to the Department of Health, around 80% of flu deaths have been among people who did not get the flu shot.

Patients hospitalized with flu should be tested for H5N1 bird flu within 24 hours, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, upgrading its recent recommendation. Before now ...

Flu season is here in New Jersey, but other illnesses are in full swing as well. Cases of influenza increased during holiday gatherings and travel and have been on the rise since then. In the week ...

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...

The flu will only last a few days to less than two weeks in most people, according to the CDC. However, some people may develop complications which can be life-threatening. Anyone can get the flu ...

Immediate medical care should be sought for adults displaying these signs and symptoms of the flu, according to the CDC: Anyone can get the flu and even experience serious problems from the ...

Cleaning and disinfecting your home after ... chance people around you get sick too. This happens frequently in cases of communicable diseases like colds, coughs, and flu. One strategy to stop ...

In the current flu season, there have been 14,443 lab-confirmed tests reported. This week 445 influenza-associated hospitalizations were reported by 71hospitals. The cumulative hospitalization ...

"Clinicians had been using different vaccination strategies such as two doses of flu vaccine, especially with the stronger formulation (adjuvant) vaccine, believing it would provide a more robust ...