Respiratory illness thrives in the winter. This year, cases have been high and continue to be quite present, but Michigan appears to be past the season’s highest peak. The blanket term “respiratory ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina health officials urge people to get vaccinated against the flu as deaths rise. (Mary Ann Chastain/Charlotte ...

Flu cases are ticking down, but experts warn the U.S. isn’t out of the woods yet. Fifteen more children died from the flu in the week ending Jan. 10, bringing the total of pediatric deaths to 32. On ...

A record-breaking flu season has clearly passed its peak, with visits to doctors for flu-like illnesses plunging over the past three weeks, federal health officials reported Friday. Still, another ...

NEW YORK(AP) — U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked. New government data posted Friday — for ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s not even mid-January, and we’ve already hit the peak of cold and flu season this year. In the latest episode of 12 Health, Shannon Hegy spoke with two medical ...

Texas is reporting high to very high levels of flu activity, and the Gulf Coast region continues to see steady cases well beyond the typical winter peak.

North Carolina health officials urge people to get vaccinated against the flu as deaths rise. The number of people who have died from complications of the flu in North Carolina more than doubled in ...