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Q&A: Why is flu so bad this year?

Flu levels are elevated and continuing to rise during the 2026 season, with Influenza A emerging as the dominant strain.

Jan 15, 2026

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Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu

Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season. In the week ending Dec. 27, 2025, 831 people were hospitalized with influenza—the most since the state started tracking flu cases two decades ago. Hospitalizations ...

Jan 13, 2026

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Michigan flu cases surge; some kids on ventilators, health officials say

Flu cases are surging in Michigan, state health experts say, as the flu season has hit harder and earlier than it typically does, according to several local health systems.

Jan 13, 2026

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Some flu measures decline, but it's not clear this severe season has peaked

U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.

Jan 10, 2026

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Maternal flu and Tdap shots may lower rates of infant hospitalization, ED visits

Maternal influenza and tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccinations are associated with a lower risk for influenza- and pertussis-related hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits in infants younger ...

Jan 9, 2026

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Flu surge hits Kansas City as hospitalizations climb: It hasn't yet peaked, doctors warn

Flu cases are surging in Kansas City and more people are hospitalized with the virus this year, mirroring a nationwide uptick, medical staff at the University of Kansas Medical Center said Thursday.

Jan 9, 2026

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NC public health officials urge vaccination as measles cases, flu deaths rise

With multiple measles cases reported in North Carolina, rising flu deaths and shifting federal recommendations, state health officials stressed the importance of vaccination and urged people to contact their health care providers ...

Jan 8, 2026

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Controlled hotel study finds zero flu transmission between sick students and healthy adults

This year's flu season is turning out to be brutal. As a new variant known as subclade K spreads rapidly, a study out today offers clues as to how to avoid the annual sickness.

Jan 8, 2026

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Massachusetts deaths from flu rises to 4 children, with two Boston deaths under 2 years old

On Jan. 6, Boston reported two children have died related to the flu this season, the first pediatric flu-associated deaths in the city since 2013, bringing the total related deaths of Massachusetts children up to four.

Jan 7, 2026

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'Very high' levels of flu reported in Florida: What to know

South Florida doctors are seeing more people with cough, fever and other flu-like symptoms as a rapidly spreading influenza strain circulates across the country this winter.