Those who got flu shots were were less likely to end up in the emergency room. People who got a flu shot earlier this year may be less likely to suffer a severe COVID-19 infection down the road, ...

COVID-19 isn’t “just a flu,” with a study of hospital patients finding that the virus was still 60% deadlier than influenza last winter. Greater immunity against the coronavirus, better treatments and ...

The country’s flu infection rate remained “lower than usual” during the 2020-2021 winter, according to the CDC, with health experts crediting many of the safety measures people were following to slow ...

Update: As of September 16, 2020, CMS has announced the launch of its 2020 flu season campaign. Learn how to protect yourself this flu season. Each year, we talk about the importance of flu prevention ...

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal and tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100,000 had ...