Most people with the flu can recover at home, but doctors say certain symptoms mean it’s time to seek medical care.

With flu cases surging in Illinois, mitigating spread is increasingly important. But how long are you actually contagious ...

“If you’re more than a week out from the acute illness and you’re not getting better or even feeling worse, it’s time to contact your doctor,” Dr. Schaffner says. But if you feel like you’re getting ...

North Bay flu infections are ticking upward though still not as bad as in other parts of the country. Local vaccination rates, meanwhile, continue to lag state and national numbers.

If you were around someone who just tested positive for the flu, doctors say symptoms don’t appear right away. But when they ...

This winter, flu is rapidly affecting children in the UK, with a sudden loss of appetite as an early symptom, says the NHS.

Subclade K has become the dominant form of flu and is slightly different from the virus targeted by this year’s flu vaccine.

“If you haven’t gotten the flu shot, go get one,” said Dr. Verhoef on ways to help combat the season. “It’s relatively ...

The flu is early this year, with cases reported throughout the U.S. and around the Western Hemisphere A new subvariant, H3N2, ...

As families head back to work and students return to the classroom, doctors across our area are reporting an increase in flu ...

U.S. flu infections are still surging, and health officials are calling it a severe season that is likely to get worse.

The rise in cases and first pediatric death of the season led some Chicago suburbs to put out warnings as the flu continues ...