WASHINGTON (AP) – Influenza is on the rise across the United States, driven by a new strain of the virus – and cases are expected to continue to grow with holiday travel. That variant, known as “subclade K,” led to early outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. In the United States, influenza typically … Read more
Nearly three million people in the United States have gotten sick from the flu so far this season, new data shows. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the latest round of weekly flu data on Thursday. The agency revealed 2.9 million people have been sickened by the virus so far this season, while … Read more
US health officials have issued travel advisories for Americans planning trips to certain tropical countries amid outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that it had issued a Level 2 travel advisory for Cuba, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Guangdong Province in southern China, advising Americans … Read more