Scientific American9d
Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade
It’s not totally clear why flu is hitting so hard this year. One possibility is that it got off to a late start, so the ...
Turlock Journal11d
Stanislaus County sees first pediatric flu death
Stanislaus County Public Health reported on Feb. 27 its first pediatric influenza-associated death during the 2024-2025 flu ...
Westside Connect11d
‘Anti-immigrant climate’ pushes populations at high risk for bird flu exposure away from prevention, education
As bird flu continues to spread across the San Joaquin Valley, county public health officials are working to stop ...
New York Post15d
Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 19,000 people have died from the flu so far this winter, including 86 children. Thursday, the CDC reported at least nine of those children ...
Women's Health1mon
Scientists Just Found Out The Flu Virus Can Shape Shift. Here's How You Can Outsmart It
and D—but A and B are the most common in our population and the ones responsible for waves of flu cases every fall and winter, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Marketplace13d
Bird flu is spreading on farms. What’s being done to prevent it?
Ali Khan has been worried about bird flu ever since the H5N1 strain first appeared in China in the mid-1990s, when he was a disease detective at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Modesto Bee16d
Flu claims the life of child in Stanislaus County. What to know about severe flu season.
“We urge everyone to take flu prevention seriously to help reduce ... Many retail pharmacies have flu test kits or other testing services. Recommended precautions are a flu shot, covering ...