CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — State officials have confirmed that a person from the Lowcountry has died and become the first flu death of the 2025 season. The South Carolina Department of Public Health ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that the state’s first flu-related death of the season. The DPH said the person who passed was located in ...

Erie County has reported its first flu-related death of the 2025-26 season. The Erie County Department of Health posted the notice Jan. 2 on its website. Patient privacy laws prevent the health ...

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...

The new and highly infectious 'Super-K' flu is spreading rapidly across the US and Australia.

A child in New Jersey died from the flu, marking the state’s first pediatric flu death of the 2025-2026 season, health officials announced on Friday, Jan. 9. The New Jersey Department of Health did ...

A common flu strain this season, H3N2 subclade K, is partially resistant to the vaccine. Doctors recommend vaccination, hand washing, and wearing masks to protect vulnerable populations from the flu.