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U.S. health officials say the flu vaccine did a disappointing job last winter, and officials worry it might be a bad sign for the fall

Dr. Deborah Birx says the U.S. government has time to prepare for a possible return of coronavirus this fall.

The flu, the common cold and the new coronavirus are circulating at the same time and patients and doctors are parsing who needs what tests or care

NIAID Director Anthony Fauci fields questions from Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., about testing available for the new coronavirus in the United States. 

The Marin County Public Health Department said Tuesday that two people in the county have died from the flu.

The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say. The last flu season to rev up this early was in 2003-2004 — a…

Ten people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were apparently accidentally injected with what’s believed to be insulin rather than flu shots, authorities said. Emergency responders were called Wednesday afternoon to the Jacquelyn House in Bartlesville, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Tulsa, on a report of an unresponsive person and...

Facebook is now going to start reminding you when to get a medical checkup. The company is rolling out a tool to remind its users in the U.S., based on demographic factors such as age and gender, to get a screening or health test. The company is making this move, according to Freddy Abnousi, a cardiologist who runs Facebook’s health...

Dr. Nicholas Testa answers all your flu shot questions ahead of what could be a long flu season.

Two Santa Clara County residents, including a child, have died recently from the flu, county officials said Tuesday.

Worried about your kid at college? Nurse Barb Dehn has an emergency kit for your child which will put your mind at ease.

A 74-year-old man has died from the flu making him the first person to die from the flu this season, the County Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday.

Fairfax County health officials said they don’t yet have a cause of the respiratory illness that sicked more than 60 residents at a Northern Virginia senior living community.

The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency’s stations in Texas. Acting Commissioner John Sanders’ departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies responsible for enforcing President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration...

The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency’s stations in Texas. Acting Commissioner John Sanders’ departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies responsible for enforcing President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration...

There have been multiple cases of influenza reported at the San Diego migrant shelter, according to a spokesperson for the county.

A Chula Vista family is rallying around a preschooler who was suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumor and had her life turned upside down in less than two weeks.

The San Jose Sharks took an early lead and stayed on point the rest of the way Thursday night to get past the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 for their third consecutive win.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted Wednesday the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she faced questions from Democrats for the first time since they took control of the House. “We face a crisis_a real, serious, and sustained crisis at our borders,” she said at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. “Make no mistake: this chain of...

The flu vaccine is doing a relatively good job this season, protecting about half the people who got it, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Preliminary figures suggest the vaccine is 47 percent effective in preventing flu illness severe enough to send someone to the doctor’s office. Health officials are generally pleased if a flu vaccine works in 40 to 60...