Some surveys have shown that nearly 30% of people believe getting a flu shot can actually cause influenza. This belief is likely due to common side effects linked to the vaccine, including headache, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

This year's fierce flu season is not over. Although parts of the United States are seeing downward trends, influenza activity remains elevated nationally. The 2025-2026 flu season is already shaping ...

This story was updated to add new information. A new flu variant is sweeping across the United States, causing millions of reported cases and doubling the number of hospitalizations in a surge doctors ...

Activity during the current flu season is growing to severe levels, with the percentage of doctors’ visits for flu-like illnesses reaching the highest level on record, according to the most recent ...

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is once again spreading far and wide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday there was a 19% rise in people testing positive for influenza in the most ...

The flu epidemic is stabilizing. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 10 have decreased compared with the previous week, according to the latest data from the Centers ...

The United States is facing one of its most severe flu seasons in decades, data show. Infections and hospitalizations are surging, driven by a new mutated influenza A variant, H3N2 "subclade K." ...

Respiratory illness visits and influenza hospitalizations are escalating across most of the country, with activity “expected to continue for several weeks,” according to surveillance data released ...

The CDC reported that 8.2% of outpatient visits to health care providers were for respiratory illness, the highest reported since it started tracking them in 1997. An estimated 11,000,000 illnesses, ...

The flu epidemic continues to go down. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 24 have dropped compared with previous weeks, according to the latest data from the Centers ...