Activity during the current flu season is growing to severe levels, with the percentage of doctors’ visits for flu-like illnesses reaching the highest level on record, according to the most recent ...

Severe COVID-19 raises lung cancer risk by 24%, study of 76 million Americans finds In A Nutshell People hospitalized with severe COVID-19 had roughly a 24 percent higher risk of developing lung ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

The United States is facing one of its most severe flu seasons in decades, data show. Infections and hospitalizations are surging, driven by a new mutated influenza A variant, H3N2 "subclade K." ...

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is once again spreading far and wide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday there was a 19% rise in people testing positive for influenza in the most ...

The CDC reported that 8.2% of outpatient visits to health care providers were for respiratory illness, the highest reported since it started tracking them in 1997. An estimated 11,000,000 illnesses, ...

Respiratory illness visits and influenza hospitalizations are escalating across most of the country, with activity “expected to continue for several weeks,” according to surveillance data released ...

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After several weeks of declining cases of influenza, it appears the North Bay is being hit by a second wave of flu infections, according to local health experts. Sutter Health’s clinics and regional ...