Flu season continues to intensify in the US, and holiday gatherings could make it worse

Americans gathered for Thanksgiving last week amid a flu season that’s worse than any has been in more than a decade, and experts continue to urge caution…

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Flu and R.S.V. Hit the Holidays, Heightening Demand for Antibiotics and Antivirals

An intense early flu season, coupled with a pediatric rise in respiratory illnesses, has left families frantically searching for medicines that are in short supply.…

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RSV, covid and flu push hospitals to the brink — and it may get worse

Emergency room staff work Nov. 1 at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange in California. Orange County officials declared a health emergency because of a wave…

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