CDC finds flu shots 42% effective this season, better than some recent years
The latest data comes as the FDA is weighing a major revision to the flu shots.
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The latest data comes as the FDA is weighing a major revision to the flu shots.
The Vatican says Pope Francis was taken to a Rome hospital "for some diagnostic tests" as he fights the flu.
The COVID-19 virus is continually changing, and a recent subvariant, the JN.1, is rapidly climbing the charts.
"COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly," the CDC said, and the new variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases.
Can you get your COVID booster and flu shot at the same time? Here's what health experts say.
The vaccine proved more effective than in previous seasons at preventing hospitalizations and emergency room visits.
As influenza rates are high across the United States, Michigan is one of the states with low influenza activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
As a trio of respiratory viruses spreads across the country and pediatric hospitalizations remain high, some hospitals are running into a new problem: a shortage of medical-grade cribs.
With this year's Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19 risk, including safe and widely available vaccines.
