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Maine officials are urging people to be aware of late season influenza after a child in the state died of flu. According to a media release published Tuesday afternoon, the child died of the Influenza A strain and was the first pediatric fatality attributed to influenza in Maine’s 2021-2022 flu season. The news release did not state the age...

Maine officials said the child died of the Influenza A strain and was the first pediatric fatality attributed to influenza in Maine’s 2021-2022 flu season.

Covid-19 will never become an endemic illness and will always behave like an epidemic virus, an expert in biosecurity has warned.

As they prepare for an uptick in flu illness, health care providers in Massachusetts and across the country are already struggling under the weight of the ongoing COVID-19 surge and persistent staffing shortages

The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off

According to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the current flu vaccines seem to be a bad match for the dominant strain that is circulating this season.

If you have been down for the count lately, you are not alone. Doctors in Massachusetts are seeing a huge increase in patients who are coming in with sore throats and coughs that just will not go away, even though they do not have COVID-19. “It was just an awful experience. I was constantly coughing and sneezing and my throat…

Experts predict this flu season could be brutal. Here’s what you need to know about flu season and the Covid pandemic, plus when to get the flu vaccine.

The dramatic decrease in flu cases last year has the potential to dramatically increase cases this year, one expert says.

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Vaccine maker Moderna believes people who received two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine will need a third dose before winter as a booster shot. The company said Thursday it is also working on a single shot that would provide an annual booster for COVID-19, as well as flu and the respiratory condition RSV. “We believe that increased force of infection…

Physicians have warned a resurgence of respiratory viruses could be about to increase pressure on healthcare services.

The mRNA technology used to develop the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine could help create “more potent” seasonal flu shots, Pfizer’s Kathrin Jansen told CNBC.

More than a year after the pandemic started, Covid-19 is still ravaging parts of the world, but now scientists are warning that another virus could be a serious threat in the coming months: influenza. This season, the flu virtually disappeared, with less than 2,000 lab-confirmed cases in the United States to date, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention….

Massachusetts is struggling through the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s not the first outbreak to hit our state over the last few centuries. We’ll take you through the history and how what happened to the diseases and viruses that have hurt us before.

February is usually the peak of flu season, but not this year.

It’s officially cold and flu season, and we’re also continuing to navigate the global coronavirus pandemic. Since many of the symptoms of all three can be similar, it can be hard to tell which one you might have. Your best bet, of course, is to consult a doctor, but Brigham and Women’s Hospital put together this handy chart to...

As coronavirus cases have surged across the country, other viruses, like the flu, are in decline because of the widespread shutdowns. It’s good news, but experts fear a rebound when lockdowns are lifted.

New government data suggests more Americans have been getting flu shots this year, apparently heeding the advice of health officials fearful of a flu and coronavirus double pandemic

The flu and COVID-19 have such similar symptoms, you may need to get tested to know which type of virus is making you miserable.