Health Diseases COVID-19 This flu season is bound to be historic, but masks can help, says the CDC ...

News Health Only in Newsday Answers to your questions about wearing masks during this year's COVID, flu season ...

There are four types of flu (A, B, C and D), but the annual “flu season,” typically starting in October and lasting as long as March or April, is caused by the viruses behind Flu A and Flu B ...

Opinion: The pandemic may be officially over, but respiratory viruses still exist. Flu season could be bad, but wearing a mask could reduce the risk.

If you put all your COVID masks away -- it's time to find them. As of November 1, several counties across the Bay Area brought back mask mandates in certain health care settings.

Scientists say Americans should brace for a potentially dire flu season as the pathogen begins to show up early in the season and society drops masks and mingles after two years of COVID-19 ...

Flu season is already off to an intense start, and surgical masks might be able to protect against the virus. Here's what expert have to say.

As flu season continues in Chicago, some hospitals are reinstating mask mandates. All three Rush hospitals — including Rush University Medical Center, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak … ...

The return to mostly normal social activities during the current phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to contribute to a typical — potentially more virulent — 2022-23 flu season, ...

Flu rates are declining — after the worst flu season in years — according to the state Health Department.