As Covid-19 began to spread widely in 2020, people took protective measures such as masking, washing hands and avoiding contact with others — and flu infections plummeted. Although flu has rebounded, ...

One of the curious features of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the near complete disappearance of the seasonal flu across the globe. Flu seasons that have been so much a part of the fabric of modern ...

With social distancing measures in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, confirmed cases of influenza plummeted during the 2020-2021 flu season. According to data published on the CDC's website, U.S.

The 2020 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the biggest increase in the overall age-adjusted U.S. death rate that the country has ever recorded, and their impact was bigger than that of the ...

The World Health Organization on Friday recommended ditching a common component of seasonal influenza vaccines that protects against a particular strain of the virus—because that strain appears to no ...

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Amid an aggressive surge in COVID-19 infections, Massachusetts is also grappling with the early months of what is shaping up to be an active season for the flu. Influenza-like illness activity reached ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged labs this week to stock clinics with kits that can test for both the coronavirus and the flu as the "influenza season" draws near. The CDC ...