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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Holiday travel is in full swing and flu cases are ramping up. Some experts are pretty worried about a new flu variant making its way to Southern California.So now is the time to take the steps to protect you and…

The super flu strain is spreading widely around the country and to make matters worse, it is not included in the flu vaccine this year, experts say. The nation’s hospitalization rate went up by 14.3 % as of Friday, according to the…

The holiday season: A time for family, feasting, and for rampant strains of the flu virus to infect you and your loved ones.Flu cases in New York started spiking earlier than usual this year. As New Yorkers travel to and from the city,…

‘Tis the season… for coughing, muscle aches and fevers. This year, a new strain of influenza, known as influenza A H3N2 or the subclade K variant, according to Fox News, is spreading rapidly across the globe and in the United States.…

The flu season is picking up pace, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. And it’s looking to be a doozy this winter. According to the CDC’s surveillance, seasonal flu activity has increased…

 Lab-confirmed flu cases on Long Island more than doubled in a week, state figures show, the latest evidence that Nassau and Suffolk counties could face a rough influenza season.Long Island is likely to see a "significant climb in the…

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The first person infected with the H5N5 bird flu has died, according to health officials in Washington.The person, who lived in Grays Harbor County, had been hospitalized earlier this month in Kings County, where Seattle is…

Pfizer’s mRNA flu vaccine outperformed the standard flu shot in a Phase 3 clinical trial, according to results published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.The vaccine uses the same messenger RNA technology as Pfizer’s…

Scientists are sounding the alarm: this winter’s upcoming flu season in North America could be a real nightmare, thanks to the rapid arrival of a variant that doesn’t match well with the seasonal flu vaccine. Health…