Flu

Anyone who wants to get vaccinated shouldn’t wait. It takes a couple of weeks for a flu vaccine to become fully effective.

The flu, Covid-19 and RSV are spreading as we approach the holiday season. An infectious disease expert has some tips to stay healthy.

The CDC is advising people to practice indoor masking in nearly a tenth of U.S. counties, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses sweep the country.

The U.S. is enduring its worst poultry health disaster, with some 52.7 million birds dead. Unlike another recent outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer — and it's still going strong.

Reports of flu are already high in 17 states, and the hospitalization rate hasn’t been this high this early since the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to the CDC.

Taylor Blake's family farm in South Florida, Knuckle Bump Farms, has lost 99% of its birds to avian flu. Its most famous resident has suffered nerve damage in his right leg and foot.

They argue the threat posed by COVID has lessened because of preexisting immunity and access to treatment. Plus, some deaths may be incorrectly blamed on COVID. Others caution it's too soon to tell.

The panel unanimously recommended certain flu vaccines for seniors, whose weakened immune systems don’t respond as well to traditional shots.

Nearly 23 million birds have died as a highly pathogenic bird flu virus tears its way through farms and chicken yards. It has spread to at least 24 states in less than two months.

UPenn microbiologist Scott Hensley discusses the study he led into this year's dominant flu strain and the vaccine.

According to the CDC, just under 42 percent of Florida’s population ages six months and older received a vaccine last flu season — the lowest level in the country.

Last flu season, cases were low as many people kept physical distances from each other, wore masks indoors and others could work from home. This year, as more and more U.S. residents return to school and to workplaces, doctors are urging people to get both a flu shot and also the COVID-19 vaccines.