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.

Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated. Since the start of October, the CDC estimates there have been at least 33 million ...

Cold and flu season has been brutal this year — have you taken any ... or any other kind of family or medical leave for that matter. In the absence of a federal law, workers rely on a patchwork of ...

“This flu season was life-changing for us,” she said ... Classen said she told the medical staff to test them for “everything” because of the severity of the symptoms.

(CNN) — The worst flu season the United ... in the United States this season, increasing influenza vaccination could reduce influenza-associated illnesses, medical visits, hospitalizations ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — This year’s harsh flu season – the most intense in 15 ... In California, Dr. Keith Van Haren of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health said earlier this month that he’d learned ...

It's been an intense flu season so far. Nationwide, about 27% of tests are coming back positive for the virus, and there's also RSV and COVID-19 to contend with. But getting some good Zs may offer ...

A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season's flu shot has been canceled, a panel member said Wednesday.

Boston's top health official said Wednesday that recent data shows a decrease in the rate of flu cases, but concerns remain that flu activity could linger into April or May.Dr. Bisola Ojikutu ...

Boston health officials said Wednesday that along with an unusual second, late surge of flu cases across the state, the illness’s severity has also increased this season. “People aren’t ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a decline in cases nationally, suggesting the peak of the season ... lot of flu," said Dr. Erik Iszkula, UPMC Hamot's assistant medical ...