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Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data

The number of deaths due to the flu surpassed the number of deaths from the coronavirus for the first time ever last month, according to weekly data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests

Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1, also surpassing COVID-19 mortality nationwide which was holding at around 1.5%. More complete data is expected to be published Friday.

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Preventable Influenzas Has Taken 13,000 Lives This Season, Reports CDC- How Flu Can Be Fatal?

Flu continues to be one of the most common and alarming seasonal illnesses. In the period spanning from 2023 to 2024, there were approximately 40 million cases of flu, and thousands of hospitalizations along with reported 47 deaths have been reported this season.

Boston 25 News on MSN · 1d

Flu deaths surpass COVID amid a second surge this season

A surge in flu cases has doctors’ offices and hospitals packed across the state. Physicians say are seeing a jump in coughing, sneezing, and other flu symptoms for the second time this season. Health officials are saying we are on track to seeing one of the worst flu seasons in 15 years.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide, early data suggests

COVID-19, according to CDC data. Rates of influenza hospitalizations are more than three times higher than COVID-19 hospitalizations amid this season's record wave of flu infections. Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb.

US is having its most active flu season in 15 years

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The US is having its most active flu season in 15 years

The United States is experiencing its most severe flu season in more than a decade, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating that there have been at least 24 million influenza cases so far this season.

Yahoo · 20h

Flu season in the US is the most intense it's been in at least 15 years

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. Alexis Ohanian responded directly to Stephen A. Smith after the media personality said on ESPN, “If I’m married and my wife is going to join trolling her

Albany Times Union on MSN · 23h

N.Y. sees worst flu season in at least 15 years

New York is experiencing its most severe flu season in at least 15 years based on the number of hospitalized people who have tested positive. Nationally, hospitalizations of influenza patients are at the second-highest level for the same period,

Dairy farmer gets bird flu

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Bird flu infections in dairy cows are more widespread than we thought, according to a new CDC study

A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working with infected livestock.

U.S. News & World Report · 10m

Some People Didn't Know They Had a Bird Flu Infection, Study of Veterinarians Suggests

The study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention echoes two smaller ones that detected evidence of infection in previously undiagnosed farmworkers. In those studies, several of the infected workers remembered having symptoms of H5N1 bird flu, while none of the veterinarians in the new paper recalled any such symptoms.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Nevada dairy worker infected with new bird flu strain becomes state's first human case

A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker in Nevada marking the state's first human case of the H5N1 avian influenza.

28mon MSN

Delayed CDC report shows increased evidence of bird flu spread to people

A slimmed-down MMWR resumed publication last week but included none of the bird flu reports. Public health experts have ...

34mon MSN

Blood samples show previous bird flu infection in veterinarians who didn't realize they were exposed: CDC

A new CDC report found evidence of previous bird flu infection in veterinary practitioners who work with cattle and who did ...

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After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest ...

39mon MSN

Americans may have had bird flu and not even know it, new study suggests

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it. Researchers from the ...

How to protect yourself against the flu wave gripping Mass.

But public health experts say there are ways to protect yourself and those around you from contracting and spreading the flu.

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