And this year is brutal," said LaPook. Every season, the CDC's scientists test a sample of flu viruses collected from labs around the country against strains that health authorities had picked out ...

Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...

There were more than 6 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US during the week ending February 22, according to CDC data. That’s less than half as many as there were two weeks earlier, ...

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

The flu season has reached its peak, according to new data from the Atlanta-based CDC. This comes just weeks after CDC data ...

Flu vaccination campaigns such as the CDC’s Wild to Mild are designed to ... a Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) to be given before vaccination, which clearly explains the risks and benefits ...

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

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

The CDC estimates that there have been at least 29 million flu infections so far this season, through Feb. 8, including 370,000 hospitalizations and 16,000 deaths. More: Flu has officially hit ...