Flu Season

The current decline doesn’t mean flu will recede for the rest of the winter — second surges are common.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it would be releasing part of its stockpile of antiviral Tamiflu to help combat the flu.

As the flu season ramps up, medicine shortages are making it harder for parents to treat their children. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has more information on how long these shortages could last.

Doctors and other experts say parents have alternatives if they encounter empty store shelves.

Flu cases have been rising throughout the Delaware Valley and the entire country. The flu concerns come as COVID concerns continue, especially amongst the oldest adults.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions brought to Philadelphia a holiday season message — you may want to consider masking up with flu, COVID and RSV spreading and vaccinations lagging.

As flu cases rise and the concern around COVID and RSV grows, doctors are encouraging people to mask up again to keep family and friends safe and healthy during the holidays. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the details.

Doctors are preparing for a spike in hospitalizations during the winter due to a continued rise in flu, RSV and COVID cases. NBC10’s Cydney Long has the story.

The U.S. is experiencing a surge of flu and RSV in children, which could put a heavy burden on the health care system.

NBVC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on the early prevalence of flu cases in New Jersey this fall. Health officials in the Garden State and beyond are promoting flu shots to battle viral infections.

It’s cold and flu season again, which means you could be left wondering which virus is causing your symptoms. Here’s what you need to know.

Doctors are calling for seniors to ask for an extra-strength flu shot as they fear a rough flu season. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante reports.

Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don’t skip your flu shot this fall.

Wondering if you should get your omicron-specific booster and flu shot at the same time? Experts weigh in.

We could be seeing a rough flu season. Experts say the next couple months are the time to get younger children the flu vaccine.

But for the second year in a row, flu cases have remained abnormally low, staving off fears of a “twindemic”

What may sound like the end of a timely joke, the coined term ‘flurona’ is actually not something experts say to take lightly. The combination of Covid-19 and influenza is becoming more prevalent, especially as the omicron variant is spreading breakthrough cases, medical experts tell NBC New York. The name says it all: flurona is the unlucky term for a…

Flu cases are on the rise once again in the United States after reaching an all-time low last year.

The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off

According to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the current flu vaccines seem to be a bad match for the dominant strain that is circulating this season.