For the flu, vaccination trends are a little muddier. Some sources have suggested flu vaccinations are down. Over two million ...

Trends complicating 2025 flu season include a new H3N2 variant, declining vaccination rates, and ongoing measles outbreaks impacting hospitals.

The CDC monitors respiratory illness activity by looking at a range of diagnoses from emergency department (ED) visits, ...

How do flu cases and hospitalizations this year compare with previous years? Beginning in late January and extending through February 2025, flu hospitalizations have been higher than any other week ...

Starting in 2025, this year’s flu season is spreading early, and with vaccination rates low and a novel virus strain, health ...

The United States may be headed for a rough flu season, with a virus that causes more severe symptoms than the one last year ...

The 2024-2025 influenza season saw high severity, with 56 million symptomatic cases and 770,000 hospitalizations, mainly affecting older adults. Older adults accounted for 77% of hospitalizations, ...

A respiratory health expert said on Sunday that the local influenza outbreak is easing from its peak, but warned that ...

Flu is continuing to circulate at levels typically not seen until nearer Christmas, with a new strain driving the "unusually ...

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