Fifty-two children have died of the flu so far this season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday, seemingly putting pediatric deaths on track to outpace last season's ...

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The United States is in the midst of one of its worst flu seasons in decades, data show. Cases and hospitalizations are surging, driven by a mutated influenza A variant, H3N2 "subclade K." Experts ...

Christine Wear’s voice trembles talking about the upcoming flu season. “Anxieties are high,” she said. “We’re trying to navigate what life should look like without being in a bubble.” Wear’s son, ...

The 2025 to 2026 season has had an unusually highest rate of influenza hospitalizations and deaths among children.

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 ...