This year’s influenza virus has been dubbed the “super flu” for how quickly it’s spreading — and how hard it’s hitting. In fact, infections have broken records in New York, with 71,123 positive flu ...

Schools across the United States are being forced to close due to surges of influenza and other seasonal illnesses. As the 2024–2025 flu season rages on with no peak yet in sight, many school systems ...

Older adults who face the highest rates of flu hospitalization moved one step closer to a new vaccine option on June 18, 2026, when a federal advisory panel unanimously backed Moderna’s mRNA-based ...

The confirmation of the bird flu virus in a brown skua appears to be a single detection. Ongoing surveillance will be ...

For a second time this season, the flu is surging, with at least 41 states reporting high or very high levels of the virus. Dr. Rabia de Latour, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, told "CBS ...

Some surveys have shown that nearly 30% of people believe getting a flu shot can actually cause influenza. This belief is likely due to common side effects linked to the vaccine, including headache, ...

The Pentagon is allowing the military services to implement exceptions to the Defense Department’s voluntary flu vaccine policy.

The flu bug began spreading among Air Force basic training recruits in May. At the peak, 284 were sick and six were ...

A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.