Dr Kassianos and Professor Ortiz de Lejarazu explain why school-based vaccination is important for protecting communities from flu this coming season – and in mitigating winter hospital strain and ...

Flu season kicks off in October. How bad will it be? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers its prediction.

The CDC forecasts that this virus season will result in a similar level of hospitalizations as last season, though flu may have a more moderate ...

As we welcome the autumn breeze, we also brace for the inevitable rise in respiratory illnesses, marking the start of the ...

Christine Wear’s voice trembles talking about the upcoming flu season. “Anxieties are high,” she said. “We’re trying to navigate what life should look like without being in a bubble.” Wear’s son, ...

Beckett Wear, age 4, has been hospitalized twice with acute necrotizing encephalitis, a rare complication of the flu that appears to be increasing in prevalence. (Courtesy Christine Wear) Christine ...

The CDC says 280 children died from the flu last year. That is the most since the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and 2010.

The best way to prevent the flu and serious complications is by getting a flu vaccination every season. When you get your shot is an important factor as well. Influenza vaccine guidelines from the ...

Cases of a rare, flu-related complication that causes brain inflammation among children are on the rise, a new CDC report suggests. During the 2024-25 flu season, 109 children were diagnosed with ...