22, the CDC announced. Advertisement "Data to date suggests the [flu] season has peaked," the CDC said. "However, flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated." ...

We asked the experts to explain what makes this year's flu season so unusual. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of H1N1 influenza (flu) virus particle isolated from a lung cell.

The flu season, one of the worst in years, has reached its peak and is improving, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday ...

About 21,000 lives have been lost, including 98 children. This year’s flu season is among the worst in more than a decade, and flu activity is expected to continue for several more weeks.

Those affected may take comfort from the fact that the official view is that it has been a bad year for flu. The season normally starts dropping off around now, but across Europe, an ‘intense ...

Unfortunately, Michiels sees the consequences of those decisions play out in her pediatric emergency room.

the flu season typically occurs in the fall and winter, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As this season goes, there's not a solid answer as to why it's so bad.

Since the start of the 2024-25 flu season, more than 60 Virginians have died from the virus, according to VDH data, and four of those deaths have been children. VDH statistics show only about 31% ...

The CDC reports that at least 24 million people have been diagnosed with the flu this season, the highest number in 20 years. Flu-related hospitalizations have significantly increased in recent ...

If the answer is yes, you’re not alone. Colorado is in the midst of what could end up as the state’s worst flu season in at least 20 years. “For right now, it looks like we are essentially ...

Now, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is reporting that flu severity is low in the state, as the number of cases trends down. However, parts of the state, particularly the Cape, Central ...

This flu season has been particularly bad for children, with many experiencing severe complications such as pneumonia, dehydration and organ failure.