The numbers suggest a potentially severe influenza season, even though January has not yet produced a full week of data. Children's Health reported a measurable increase in cases beginning in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new flu variant, H3N2 subclade K, is a mutation of the common flu A subtype, which is often the flu "going around" come late ...

U.S. flu cases are surging partially because of a new strain named "subclade K," that is not well covered by this year’s flu vaccine. Doctors still recommend getting the flu vaccine as it can reduce ...

Locals and visitors poured into the Fort Worth Stockyards where the new year is off to a fun and healthy start despite an increase in flu cases across North Texas. Kelly Roque from South Carolina is ...

WE’VE BEEN COVERING THE RISE IN FLU CASES NATIONWIDE, AND NOW LOCAL DOCTORS TELL US THEY’RE FEELING THE IMPACTS. TO OUR REPORTER RACHAEL PERRY SPOKE WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST ON THE FLU ...

The CDC estimates at least 11 million illnesses from the flu so far this year, with 120,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. The dominant flu strain this year is A H3N2, which causes the most ...

Were you sick over the holidays? You certainly were not alone. A new strain of influenza has surged across the country during an already busy travel season, with experts worried that low vaccination ...

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 ...

If it feels like everyone around you has come down with the flu, you're not imagining it. As of Jan. 9, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least 15 million ...

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Flu is making people miserable from coast to coast, thanks in large part to a new strain called subclade K. That’s why infectious disease experts are telling people to run, not walk, to get this ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Inside the rigorous, step-by-step process the CDC uses to create pandemic-ready flu vaccine ...