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During the 2023–2024 season, influenza activity began to increase in early November and peaked in late December.

Colder weather brings a change in seasons and often an uptick in flu and COVID-19 cases. The viruses that cause COVID-19 and ...

Health officials in California are monitoring other exposed workers for symptoms on two dairy farms where two human cases of ...

With flu season quickly approaching here in the U.S., a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ...

The newest update to the COVID-19 vaccine reached pharmacies as infections in Indiana began to rise. Members of our audience ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported on Saturday that a third possible human case of bird flu has been ...

Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations, vaccine rates against COVID-19, RSV, and the flu ...

The U.S. FDA recently approved FluMist as a self or caregiver-administered nasal spray flu vaccine to prevent Influenza ...

Federal scientists are closely studying H5N1 genetic sequences from California dairy workers in search of any dangerous ...

Health officials in California are investigating a possible third human case of bird flu, the California Department of Public ...

The California Department of Public Health reports a third possible human case of bird flu (H5N1) has been identified in the ...