FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, A SEVERE FLU SEASON IN THE US AND WHAT’S MAKING IT WORSE RIGHT NOW. WELL, JOINING US IS DOCTOR SCOTT HADLAND, CHIEF OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AT MASS GENERAL FOR CHILDREN.

WELL DURING THIS SEASON WE’RE SEEING ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVELS OF PEOPLE WITH HIGH FEVERS. LOTS OF THE NORMAL FLU SEASON SYMPTOMS, DRY COUGH, MUSCLE ACHES. AND A LOT OF THIS IS AFFECTING OUR ...

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.

According to the data, the cumulative hospitalization rate of flu in people over the age of 65 was 310.3 individuals per 100,000 older adults. It was the highest rate among other age groups studied.

(CNN) — 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 ...

“This flu season was life-changing for us,” she said. “It was scary. There was so many machines he was hooked up to. At one point, he was on 11 different IVs.” After falling ill in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter ... for the 2025-2026 influenza season,” Andrew Nixon, communications director ...

The Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly canceled an annual meeting of its advisers to update next season's influenza ... manufacturing next winter's flu shots. "We're all left trying to ...