The flu season has reached its peak, according to new data from the Atlanta-based CDC. This comes just weeks after CDC data shows this year’s flu vaccine was less effective than most years.

Flu activity remains elevated nationally but has decreased for two consecutive weeks as of Feb. 22, the CDC announced. "Data to date suggests the [flu] season has peaked," the CDC said.

There were four pediatric deaths during the third week of January, pushing the total number of pediatric deaths for this flu ...

There were more than 6 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US during the week ending February 22, according ...

According to a CDC spokesperson, the week ending on Jan. 25 was the first time the percentage of deaths due to the flu was higher than the percentage of deaths due to COVID. That week, 1.7% of ...

The CDC has also pointed to emergency room data for reassuring worries about undetected H5N1 cases. "We continue to monitor flu surveillance data, especially in areas where H5N1 viruses have been ...

The most recent CDC Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report shows that 7.8% of visits to a healthcare provider were for respiratory illness, the worst since the swine flu pandemic in late 2009.

These estimates of effectiveness against hospitalization, released Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ...