Where Is Flu Surging In US? These States Have The Highest Rates
3 days ago · The flu shots for the 2024-2025 season include three flu viruses: two flu A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) and one influenza B strain. Flu B can surge later in the flu season, so the flu shot can offer ...
Sick Season Is in Full Force. Here’s What’s Going Around
Jan 6, 2025 · A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York on Sept. 24, 2024. Mary Conlon—AP Photo. ... Several seasonal flu strains are driving cases, with no dominant one, she added.
Is a virus going around? Details on the flu, COVID, norovirus, RSV
Jan 1, 2025 · A quadruple whammy of viruses – flu, COVID, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – is hitting the U.S. as the year comes to a close. The Centers for Disease Control and ...
Flu activity is high and expected to remain so for several ... - NBC …
5 days ago · The flu vaccine is updated every year to match the latest strain of flu that’s circulating, and, in general, reduces the risk of illness by around 40% and hospitalization by 60%.
Influenza Viruses Spreading This Season and Update on JN.1 Variant
Jan 22, 2024 · With seasonal flu activity elevated across the country, CDC is tracking which influenza viruses are most common, where they are occurring, and how this might impact the public's health. Since the fall, emergency department visits have been increasingly driven by flu.
Rare drug-resistant flu variant identified in the US, CDC says
Jun 14, 2024 · A rare flu variant that has shown some resistance to the most commonly used antiviral treatment has been detected in at least two people in the United States, according to the US Centers for ...
CDC Reports First U.S. Human Infection in 2024 with Variant …
April 5, 2024 —On March 29, 2024, CDC reported this year's first U.S. human infection with an influenza (flu) virus that normally spreads in pigs and not people. The infection with an influenza A (H1N2) variant (v) virus occurred in a child living near a pig farm in Pennsylvania who had direct contact with pigs prior to illness onset.
Drug-resistant "dual mutant" flu strains now being tracked ... - CBS News
Jun 14, 2024 · At least two human cases of the new so-called "dual mutant" strains of H1N1 influenza have been detected in U.S. patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday,...
This year's flu shot protects against 3 strains instead of 4 : Shots ...
Oct 17, 2024 · People getting the flu shot this year will be vaccinated against three commonly circulating strains instead of four, after one went extinct during the pandemic.
2024–2025 Flu Season | Influenza (Flu) | CDC - Centers for Disease ...
Mar 14, 2024 · All flu vaccines for use in the United States are trivalent (three component) vaccines for the 2024-2025 season. Trivalent influenza (flu) vaccines are designed to protect against three flu viruses. Getting a yearly flu vaccination is the best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications.