DENVER — A fourth child has died in Massachusetts from complications related to the flu, underscoring concerns nationwide after the deadliest flu season for children since federal tracking began. In ...

The rate at which children are being hospitalized for the flu has skyrocketed to 145 percent since the start of the year, leaving doctors concerned. “Influenza comes around every winter. While there ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the flu shot isn't effective in protecting children. Here's what experts say.

The flu is hitting children especially hard this season. “This is really one of the worst flu seasons we’ve been seeing,” said Dr. Suchitra Rao, an infectious diseases physician at Children’s Hospital ...

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain disease called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE. It’s a fast-moving ...

Flu season has taken off nationwide, with cases rising rapidly in some parts of the country over the past few weeks. “We’ve seen sustained, elevated activity across multiple key indicators in many ...

With the flu season upon us, the number of deaths among children is hitting historic highs. According to the CDC, 280 children in the United States have died from influenza last flu season. It's the ...

Moving childhood influenza vaccination from a universal recommendation to one based on shared clinical decision-making endangers a group facing a high risk of flu complications, pediatric infectious ...