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NEW YORK — The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven ...
The 2024–2025 flu season has caused an estimated 24 million cases, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 15,000 deaths so far, the CDC says. According to experts, there’s more to come — this flu ...
Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.
For the 2024-2025 flu season, the CDC lists the main groups of influenza viruses in the U.S., for which influenza vaccines are formulated to protect against, as "Type A and B viruses, an A(HIN1 ...
This season's wave of flu cases is arriving later than it has in the past two years. After the COVID-19 pandemic, annual waves of influenza during the colder months increased weeks earlier than ...
Few flu seasons have two peaks, particularly at such high intensities. A notable exception was the 2019–2020 flu season, which had three peaks: 7 percent at week 52, 6.8 percent at week 6, and 6 ...
This season, the flu has already claimed the lives of roughly 1,500 people across the country, including nine children. Five youngsters’ deaths were recorded between Dec. 15 and Dec. 21.
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like ...
So far this season, the CDC estimates, there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — including at least 57 children. Traditionally, flu season ...
So far this season, the CDC estimates, there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — including at least 57 children. Traditionally, flu season ...
So far this season, the CDC estimates, there have been at least 24 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths — including at least 57 children. Traditionally, flu season ...