influenza

Despite flu activity spiking in Florida, pediatric vaccine levels are lagging behind the rest of the country.

It's not uncommon for cases of respiratory illness to rise in the winter months, but health officials are still encouraging vaccination to protect folks during gatherings.

Flu, COVID, and respiratory viruses kill thousands of Americans each year, but the latest batch of vaccines could save lives.

The at-home nasal swab kit simultaneously tests for COVID-19 and two strains of the flu.

Anyone who wants to get vaccinated shouldn’t wait. It takes a couple of weeks for a flu vaccine to become fully effective.

States will be able to request doses of the prescription flu medication Tamiflu kept in the Strategic National Stockpile. The Biden administration is not releasing how many doses will be made available.

Cases of COVID, flu and RSV continue to rise in parts of Florida yet COVID is the only of the three viruses to have a commercial at-home test kit.

The hospital is urging people with the flu to stay home or, in serious cases, head to a doctor's office or urgent care facility.

Reports of flu are already high in 17 states, and the hospitalization rate hasn’t been this high this early since the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to the CDC.

Health officials advise residents not to let their guards down when it comes to infection control as the flu is still more prevalent in the community than it typically is over the summer.