The cold and flu season is in full swing as respiratory viruses circulate throughout the country. Forty-six states reported "very high" and "high" levels of the flu, according to a CDC report .

Flu deaths outpace COVID deaths in 22 states for first time since pandemic began 01:31. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more people in the U.S. died of influenza than from ...

Doctor fears "vaccine hesitancy" is contributing to worst flu season in 15 years 04:14. Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu ...

“Influenza B can be severe as well, but influenza A is the dominant version of influenza infecting people right now.” The flu season feels worse than normal this year. Is it?

Flu A tends to cause more ear infections than flu B, but type B is associated with more seizures, vomiting and diarrhea, said Dr. Sherif Mossad, an infectious disease doctor at the Cleveland Clinic.

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968 , a shift once again caused a pandemic. In 1976 and 2009 , concerns that the virus had shifted led to fears ...

The only time California saw a higher flu test positivity rate in the past five respiratory virus seasons was during the week ending Feb. 1, according to the report. That week, 27.8% of flu tests ...

Influenza activity is elevated across most of the country, with at least 5.3 million illnesses, 63,000 hospitalizations, and 2,700 deaths from flu so far this season, according to the CDC.