Cold and Flu News & Features

A rebound in the number and severity of flu cases is predicted for the 2021-22 season, and experts are recommending that everyone over the age of 6 months get their annual flu shot.

Waning natural immunity in the public due to last year's missing flu season will leave people -- and especially young children -- susceptible to the virus, warn flu trackers assessing this year's risk.

Research finds quick decline in influenza vaccination efficacy among hospitalized adults, suggesting delays might improve public health outcomes.

Got a double whammy and caught COVID-19 and a cold or flu at the same time? Here’s how to handle it.

Cold and flu season was quite different in 2020 with the addition of COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know going into the 2021 season.

The more work-related contact people had with others, the greater their flu risk.

While many Americans await their turn for the COVID vaccine, a potentially record-setting number have already had their flu shot.

The U.S. is seeing historically low levels of flu this season, which started in September 2020.

Reasons why your cough persists (conditions that cause chronic cough) and what you may be doing to impede healing (lifestyle habits).

Parents who didn't take their children for a flu shot last year are least likely to do so this year (less than a third), while parents who took their child for a flu shot last year were most likely to do so again (96%), according to the survey.

A new U.S. study finds that cold weather is responsible for most temperature-related deaths in Illinois.

An increased vaccination rate among grade schoolers in California was associated with a decrease in flu hospitalizations for folks in every other age bracket, researchers report.

The G4 virus is genetically descended from the H1N1 swine flu that caused a pandemic in 2009, CNN reported.

These findings suggest that rapid weather changes associated with climate change will increase the risk of flu epidemics in densely populated areas. For example, Europe could have a 50% increase in flu-related deaths, according to the researchers.

The investigators identified the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody in their study of 535 children with central nervous system demyelinating disorders and encephalitis.

Knowing who is at a higher risk each year could help tailor pandemic and epidemic planning, the researchers say.

The flu season has picked up steam again, causing large numbers of infections in 47 states and giving the season a rare second peak.

The coma was the scariest, John says. "When I woke up, I thought it was still the day after Christmas," he says, "and it was actually New Year's Day."

The agency warned Gojo Industries that unsubstantiated claims that Purell can help prevent illnesses such as the flu, Ebola virus, norovirus and the MRSA superbug violate federal laws, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

There is a virus that has already sickened at least 13 million Americans this winter, hospitalizing 120,000 and killing 6,600 people. You may even know of it.

Fueled by a strain of influenza that children may be especially vulnerable to, less than two months into flu season 39 children have already died, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Research has shown that young men with fevers had increases in their resting heart rate of about 8.5 beats per minute (bpm) for about every 2-degree Fahrenheit increase in body temperature.

According to the CDC's estimates, there have been at least 9.7 million illnesses, 87,000 hospitalizations, and 4,800 deaths from flu this season.

“Influenza-like illness," also called “flu-like illness,” is a more wide-ranging category.

Jade DeLucia, 4, of Iowa may be going home today after a bout of the flu landed her in the intensive care unit fighting for her life and her eyesight.