February is often peak flu season.

Flu season is not over yet, experts warn. Is there a second wave coming? Here's how to protect yourself as influenza keeps spreading.

Flu vaccination rates among adults show early signs of stabilizing after several years of decline, though pediatric rates remain historically low, preliminary CDC data shows. The CDC’s Weekly Influenza Vaccination Dashboard offers preliminary,

Oregon has landed itself in the CDC’s worst tier for flu activity, as have six other states. Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee also have “very high” levels of flu. Twenty more states still have “high” flu activity, as seen in shades of red and orange on the map above.

Researchers believe they now understand how severe cases of influenza damage the heart, providing an explanation for the annual uptick in heart attacks during flu season.

More than 60,000 birds at two commercial meat production farms have been affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, according to a United States Department of Agriculture website that tracks the

National flu activity remains elevated but is beginning to ease across most of the U.S. after an unusually intense December surge, according to the CDC’s latest weekly FluView report. Most regions are reporting stable or declining trends,

California is at high flu activity levels. Hospitals in our region are seeing more people getting sick with the illness.