It’s not totally clear why flu is hitting so hard this year. One possibility is that it got off to a late start, so the ...

Flu-related fatalities nearly double compared to previous year, with 20 adults and 2 children among the victims.

Influenza infections are outpacing COVID-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic. Here are the best ways to stay ...

During the 2023–24 flu season, 55.4% of children in the U.S. ages 6 months through 17 years old got the flu vaccine — 8.3% fewer than in the pre-pandemic 2019–20 season. Flu vaccination ...

Boston health officials said Wednesday that along with an unusual second, late surge of flu cases across the state, the illness’s severity has also increased this season.

The most recent county data published Thursday show 105 flu-related deaths reported so far this season compared to 60 between late 2023 and early 2024 and 44 deaths between 2022 and 2023.

COVID-19 cases were low. The region is hitting a surge not seen in recent years. In the 2023-24 flu season, ER visits hit a peak of 24% patients having a respiratory illness. As of Feb. 8 ...

There were 9,134 total flu-related hospitalizations by the end of the 2022-2023 flu season, according to ODH, which is in mid-May. The end of the 2023-2024 season had 10,236 hospitalizations.

At the end of the 2023-24 flu season, 9.2 million fewer doses were administered in pharmacies and doctors’ offices compared with an average year before the pandemic. Flu vaccination rates began ...