52 kids have died from flu so far this season as child hospitalizations rise
The flu is hitting kids hard this season.
Feb 2, 2026
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Why it seems like everyone has the flu this year
The U.S. is facing its worst flu season in 25 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which estimates that as of Jan. 3 there have been at least 15 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, ...
Jan 13, 2026
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Roll up your sleeve: Flu shot season is at hand
With a longtime vaccine critic leading the nation's health departments, you might be wondering whether there's a new flu shot this fall.
Aug 25, 2025
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Is it too late to get a flu shot?
It's almost spring. And while respiratory infections seem to have passed their peak many people are still getting sick.
Aug 23, 2025
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Immunity to seasonal flu protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets, research reveals
The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans has historically been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak—which has caused massive die-offs in ...
Jul 23, 2025
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Bird flu cases surging in UK but risk to humans remains low
A human case of bird flu has recently been detected in England. This news comes just days after restrictions were put in place to curb the virus's spread among wild birds and poultry in England and Scotland.
Jan 30, 2025
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Flu vaccine estimated to be 21% effective against flu spread to household members
A study of 700 people who tested positive for influenza suggests that their risk of infecting household contacts was 18.8% and that the estimated effectiveness of flu vaccines against secondary infections is 21.0%.
Nov 27, 2024
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Universal flu vaccine candidate protects against infection in mice
Annual flu vaccines protect against severe infection, but they vary in efficacy and may not match the most virulent strains of the season. The reality of a universal flu vaccine, which would protect people from all strains, ...
Aug 22, 2024
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Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-flu jab disappoints in trial
Germany's BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer said Friday they had suffered a setback in a late-stage trial of their combined mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 and influenza.
Aug 16, 2024
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Researchers find bigger immune response to flu variants in people who were exposed in childhood
An international team of microbiologists and infectious disease specialists from Australia and the U.S. has found that children exposed to variants of influenza B demonstrate a bigger immune response to the same strain when ...
