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Flu activity continues to climb across the US: CDC

  • Jan 5

1st human known to be infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu dies

  • Nov 22, 2025

2 animals die from bird flu at Lincoln Park Zoo

  • Jan 16, 2025

Flu deaths in children hit new record: CDC

  • Oct 1, 2024

How to avoid the 'tripledemic' of RSV, COVID-19, flu

  • Jan 5, 2024

How to tell the difference between RSV, flu and COVID-19

  • Dec 12, 2023

CDC confirms 1st pediatric flu death of the season

  • Nov 6, 2023

Flu, other respiratory virus activity continues to ramp up across US

  • Nov 4, 2022

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1st pediatric death from flu this season reported in Illinois: IDPH

  • Jan 6
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Girl, 3, dies of flu in Kane County

  • Jan 9, 2019
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13 children killed by flu this year, CDC says

  • Jan 7, 2019
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How to keep your kids safe during flu season

  • Jan 7, 2019

Latest Stories

Doctors say uptick in flu cases 'makes sense' as face masks come off, encourage vaccination

Doctors said an uptick in flu cases "makes sense" as face masks come off and encouraged vaccination.

  • Apr 11, 2022

Coronavirus outbreak: Second death in US reported by Washington state health officials

COVID-19 IN THE U.S.: Washington state health officials say a second person has died in the United States from the coronavirus.

  • Mar 2, 2020

Pennsylvania 2nd grader dies from flu complications

The Marple Newtown School District is mourning the loss of one of their own after the flu claimed the life of an elementary student.

  • Feb 18, 2020

Amid coronavirus outbreak, doctors remind public: flu is deadlier, more widespread

Doctors are reminding the public that influenza is far more dangerous and widespread than coronavirus, with more than 10,000 flu-related deaths per year in the United States.

  • Jan 31, 2020
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CDC estimates 9.7 million cases of the flu this season

While the number of cases is high, officials say hospitalizations and deaths that are indicators of severity are not high.

  • Jan 11, 2020