FLU AND FLU LIKE ILLNESSES ARE SPIKING IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE LATEST STATE DATA SHOWS MORE THAN 7% OF ALL HOSPITAL VISITS WERE RELATED TO THOSE VIRUSES. THAT’S UP FROM JUST OVER 4% THE WEEK BEFORE.

Influenza rates in North Carolina remain high following the state's first pediatric flu death of the season. Wastewater data shows a sharp spike in flu cases, along with increases in COVID-19 and RSV, ...

Last winter, flu activity broke records in the U.S. And while this flu season is just starting — and it's already shaping up to be another rough one. Flu is picking up steam earlier this year than ...

With the measles outbreak in Redding, influenza spiking in California this winter and COVID-19 now a seasonal threat, people may wonder what’s the difference? All three diseases can make you feel ...

A new flu strain nicknamed the "super flu" contributed to a surge in healthcare visits nationwide in December. Ohio is among the states with the highest flu activity, though hospitalizations saw a ...

Influenza, the virus responsible for flu, is known to spread through aerosols (microscopic droplets) released when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even breathes normally. It can also pass from ...

Coughs echo in lecture halls, sniffles spread across study spaces and tissue piles collect in trash cans as flu season wraps ...