Last week, four more children died from the flu in California – bringing the season total to 15 deaths. And the state health department says only a small percentage of Californi

With at least 33 million cases, 430,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths, this year's flu season is proving severe. CBS News Chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook weighs in on the alarming surge.

The flu season rages on with 18 pediatric flu deaths last week. Doctors are saying it’s the worst season they’ve seen in years and comes even as federal health agencies have had hundreds of workers fired.

Yes, seasonal flu shots are still available, and no, it’s not too late to get yours. But you’d be forgiven for being confused, because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has halted one of its educational flu vaccine campaigns.

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Dr. Douglas Virostko, health department medical director: "It is always bothered me when people say 'it is just the flu;' the flu is not a 'just.'”

This flu is at or close to the national record for the past 15 years, and rates are climbing. See how Walgreens health data ranks Mississippi.

This flu is at or close to the national record for the past 15 years, and rates are climbing. See how Walgreens health data ranks Mississippi.

Advice from the head of the Infectious Diseases Society of America: Get a shot and don't censor government data.

Flu season is only half over, but 19,000 people have already died from influenza in the U.S. "This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia.

The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic.

The United States is experiencing its most severe flu season in more than a decade, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating that there have been at least 24 million influenza cases so far this season.