The number of people dying of COVID-19-related causes on Long Island and nationwide continued to fall sharply in 2025, a trend that experts say is primarily because previous COVID-19 infections and ...

Even a mild case of COVID-19 or the flu can impact the body long after the fever and cough fade, according to new Tulane University research that may help explain why some people struggle to feel ...

COVID-19 severity appears to be declining among hospitalized children as the Omicron variant continues to evolve.

Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduced the risk for hospitalization and severe outcomes despite the emergence of new viral lineages.

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced recommendations for the viral composition of influenza (or "flu") vaccines for the 2026-2027 northern hemisphere influenza season. The announcement ...

This year's fierce flu season is not over. Although parts of the United States are seeing downward trends, influenza activity remains elevated nationally. The 2025-2026 flu season is already shaping ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Families can now test for flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus with one at-home test. The Flowflex® Plus RSV + Flu A/B + COVID 4-in-1 test is now available in Northeast Ohio ...

From late December 2025 to mid-January 2026, the poll team asked 2,964 U.S. adults age 50 and over if they'd gotten a flu vaccine dose in the last six months, and when their most recent COVID-19 ...

The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful Covid vaccines’ RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling millions of dollars in research projects. By ...

The flu epidemic continues to go down. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 24 have dropped compared with previous weeks, according to the latest data from the Centers ...

Fifty-two children have died of the flu so far this season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday, seemingly putting pediatric deaths on track to outpace last season's ...

New York state is seeing the highest number of flu cases ever recorded in a single week, according to the state Department of Health. Health officials reported 71,123 positive flu cases during the ...