A rise in pediatric flu deaths is alarming U.S. officials as vaccination rates lag and severe strains spread nationwide.

With months left of flu season, influenza cases are on the rise in California and transmission is high in the Bay Area, data ...

LITTLE Beckett Wear was forced to relearn how to walk and talk after a bout of the flu caused a catastrophic brain disorder.

After contracting the flu, four-year-old Beckett Ware developed a rare and deadly brain inflammation called acute necrotizing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Althea, 4, suffered seizures, dizziness and a fever before being diagnosed with Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy “Quite literally ...

Althea, 4, suffered seizures, dizziness and a fever before being diagnosed with Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy “Quite literally healthy one day and on death’s door the next," recalled her mother ...

The flu situation in the United States right now is, in a word, bad. Infections have skyrocketed in recent weeks, filling hospitals nearly to capacity; viral levels are “high” or “very high” in most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As influenza runs rampant throughout the state, the first pediatric flu death has been reported in New Jersey this flu season, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. flu infections showed signs of a slight decline last week, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked. New government data posted Friday — for ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – A rash of influenza cases in Idaho is raising alarm bells around the state. Corbin Bunnage, a physician assistant at Sterling Urgent Care, says this is the worst flu season ...