The current flu season has become the deadliest for children since the 2009 swine flu epidemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reports 216 ...

At least 216 children died of influenza in the United States this past flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the disease’s highest pediatric death toll in about 15 years.

By Joseph Goldstein Amid dropping vaccination rates, 25 children in New York State died from influenza during the 2024-25 flu season — more than in any recent flu season, state health ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the ...

AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW áEXACTLYá WHY. IT'S BEEN THIRTY YEARS SINCE THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE STARTED KEEPING TRACK OF FLU RELATED DEATHS EACH SEASON... < I THINK IN GENERAL WE HAVE TO ...

We asked the experts to explain what makes this year's flu season so unusual. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of H1N1 influenza (flu) virus particle isolated from a lung cell.

It’s been a brutal flu season. Rates of hospitalizations and outpatient visits for influenza are at a 15-year high, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This flu season has been brutal nationally, and though Illinois is faring better than some of its neighbors, experts say if you still haven’t gotten your flu shot yet, it’s not too late.

The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data published by the agency on ...

when flu season will finally end. People often confuse the flu with the common cold, but an influenza infection can be much worse than a common cold; for some people, the flu could be fatal.

So far this season, the vaccine's protection against flu hospitalization was at least 63% for children and at least 41% for adults. These estimates of effectiveness against hospitalization ...