Nationally, the test positivity rate for the week ending on February 8, was 4.8 percent, according to the CDC's most recent update on its COVID Data Tracker.

Measles cases are on the rise in the United States. An outbreak in Texas that killed one child has now spread to New Mexico ...

“Findings in this report show that vaccination with the 2024–2025 influenza vaccine reduced the likelihood of medically attended influenza and support CDC’s recommendation that all persons aged ≥6 ...

As of February 22, the cumulative rate of flu hospitalizations in the US during this respiratory virus season was nearly twice as high as the rate of Covid-19 hospitalizations, according to CDC data.

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began five years ago ... This story was updated to add current flu CDC map.