Flu Season

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Experts warn flu season hasn’t peaked yet, and will get worse before it gets better

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February 12, 2025
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The U.S. is battling its worst flu season in at least 28 years. Here are the latest symptoms and where cases are skyrocketing

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February 11, 2025
Days before President Donald Trump took office a second time, the Department of Health and Human Services granted Moderna $590 million for the development of mRNA vaccines for bird flu and other influenza viruses.
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As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines

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January 23, 2025
As with COVID, testing is the only way to confirm the presence of the influenza virus in your body.
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Do you have the flu? Watch out for these 2025 symptoms, from mild to emergency

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January 9, 2025
The 2024–25 seasonal influenza vaccine doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic.
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Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns

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January 3, 2025
Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried
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Surging cases and lagging vaccines: Why this U.S. flu season has experts worried

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
December 23, 2024
As you dive into your New Year’s resolutions, taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick.
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Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading

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December 18, 2024
Just 25% of people at high risk of pneumococcal disease—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health conditions such as diabetes—have been immunized, according to an August 2024 survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

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October 22, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.
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Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

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October 11, 2024
3 best superfoods to eat when you’re sick with a cold, COVID, or flu
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3 best superfoods to eat when you’re sick with a cold, COVID, or flu

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October 11, 2024
Getting multiple vaccines at once is not only safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also just as effective as getting them individually.
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Yes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons

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October 8, 2024
Adults 65 and older should get their annual flu shot between mid-September and early October, according to Dr. Robert Hopkins Jr., medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Older adults should get their flu shots now. Here’s why they also need stronger vaccines

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September 8, 2024
September and October are ideal flu vaccination periods for most people, who need only a single dose each season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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New flu shots have arrived. Here’s the best time to get your annual vaccine

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September 3, 2024
That nagging cough you have might not be COVID. Here’s how to determine if it’s the JN.1 variant, RSV, the flu, or a cold instead
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That nagging cough you have might not be COVID. Here’s how to determine if it’s the JN.1 variant, RSV, the flu, or a cold instead

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January 22, 2024
A teacher from a drawing academy is painting posters to raise awareness about the ongoing surge of the JN.1 COVID variant, which is spreading in the Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Goa, in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 19. The World Health Organization declared JN.1 a "variant of interest" on Dec. 19, second only in alert level to "variant of concern."
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JN.1, the WHO’s newest ‘variant of interest,’ has spiked COVID wastewater levels to all-time highs in some countries. What you need to know about the ‘Pirola’ offshoot

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December 20, 2023

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