DURHAM, NC (WTVD) -- The 2016 flu season is underway and the CDC is doubling down on its message urging Americans to get their vaccines as soon as they can. ABC11 spoke with Duke Health's Philip Heine ...

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One of the best ways to prevent and minimise the severity of influenza is to get the flu vaccine each year.

Doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms — fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches — have hit the highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Flu cases are continuing to spike in the United States. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that at least 5,000 people have died of the illness this year and that ...

LIMA — Ohio’s top doctor is urging vaccination against the flu amidst a surge in hospital admissions for influenza and respiratory illnesses across the state. The surge in hospitalizations, while ...

SICK WITH PREVENTABLE ILLNESS. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF FLU INTENSITY RIGHT NOW. MARYLAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLU SURGE. IT BEGAN LAST WEEK. STATE DATA SHOWS, STARTING WHILE SCHOOLS WERE STILL CLOSED ...

Dr. Shira Doron, chief infection control officer at Tufts Medicine, says it can be difficult to tell the difference between ...

Flu is making people miserable from coast to coast, thanks in large part to a new strain called subclade K. That’s why infectious disease experts are telling people to run, not walk, to get this ...