A bad flu season in Australia could predict a rough time in the U.S., along with a possible COVID surge. Experts urge flu shots, COVID boosters now.

Flu rates in Massachusetts are already higher than at any point in more than a decade, and the season is just getting started. Data released Friday by the state Department of Public Health shows more ...

Flu severity for Massachusetts is now high, according to the latest update from the state Department of Public Health. This “high” influenza severity designation is four weeks before the Bay ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Flu numbers are spiking across the state as respiratory illnesses are spreading rapidly. According to the CDC, they estimate that there have been at least 9 million ...

Pre-pandemic, in the 2019-2020 flu season, 174 million doses had been administered at the same time of year. The number went up in 2020-2021, when concern about a flu and COVID “twindemic” was ...

Health officials urge masks as flu cases spike in Massachusetts 02:02. BOSTON - The Department of Public Health said Friday that flu activity in Massachusetts is "very high," with more than 5,400 ...

Influenza is hitting Massachusetts early and hard. According to new data from the state’s Department of Public Health, flu severity is estimated to be "very high." A total of 5,462 new flu cases ...

While there have been no cases of cows with avian flu, often called bird flu, in Massachusetts to date, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is monitoring the situation closely.. A strain ...

The CDC announced Wednesday that in the first such case of its kind, a patient has been hospitalized in Louisiana from the H5N1 bird flu.Since April, over 60 human cases of the disease have been ...