Flu season has hit hard particularly early and in a particularly nasty fashion this year, and now you can look at its path by way of Google searches.  ...

Flu outbreak 2013: Prepping for the fluIf the flu outbreak of 2013 has taught us anything, you need to be prepared in case you catch the flu or a member of your family becomes infected with ...

Flu Outbreak 2013: States with the most deaths from influenzaThe country is on high alert. Multiple states and jurisdictions have declared a state of emergency or report a “severe” outbreak of ...

This year's flu season started about a month early, prompting federal health officials to warn it could be one of the worst in years. They're urging everyone to get their flu shots. But like every ...

This flu season struck hard about a month earlier than usual. But despite all those news reports about overcrowded emergency rooms, it’s too soon to say whether it will be worse than normal. In ...

"So we never know until flu season if there's a match," explained Community Health Services Director Jody White. This year, vaccines are similar to what's been offered int he past.

Every year, Dr. Jennifer Caudle urges her patients to get the influenza vaccine. And every year, they come up with a bucketful of excuses why they shouldn’t.

1. This season, the flu is deadlier than ever. The influenza virus is one of the leading causes of death by infectious disease in the United States. It killed an average of 36,000 Americans ...

Midway through the 2012-2013 flu season, it's already been one of the worst in the last decade, with more cases and more severe cases than usual, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

LANSING (WWJ) - Michigan is beginning the new year with an unusually high number of flu cases and one flu death. Angela Minicuci of the Michigan Health Department says there are more than 250 ...

One reason why the flu is so prevalent is that the predominant strain hasn’t been widely circulated since 2002 to 2003, says Kevin Pho.