The flu is hitting children especially hard this season. “This is really one of the worst flu seasons we’ve been seeing,” said Dr. Suchitra Rao, an infectious diseases physician at Children’s Hospital ...

Many people don't realize how serious influenza (flu) illness can be, even for previously healthy kids and teens. Children also play a role in spreading the flu in their homes, schools and communities ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made significant changes to the childhood vaccine schedule on Jan. 6 in a move experts warned could result in fewer children receiving a full suite of ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new recommendation backs nasal spray vaccines to fight the flu in young children over a shot in the arm. A federal panel now says healthy children aged 2-8 are better off ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Flu season is in full swing, with the U.S. seeing its highest rates in 25 years. Utah hospitals have treated hundreds of patients in recent weeks as a new strain of influenza A ...

SICK WITH PREVENTABLE ILLNESS. WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF FLU INTENSITY RIGHT NOW. MARYLAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLU SURGE. IT BEGAN LAST WEEK. STATE DATA SHOWS, STARTING WHILE SCHOOLS WERE STILL CLOSED ...

(CNN) - There’s good news and bad when it comes to seasonal flu activity in the U.S. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, shows that while flu cases remain ...