influenza

There are a number of vaccines available to prevent respiratory illness, including a new one for people over the age of 60 against the widespread virus RSV.

"All of those preventive measures we know work, which is social distancing, staying home when you don't feel well, testing for both COVID and flu, and getting vaccinated," The Health Collaborative's Tiffany Mattingly says.

Most hospitalizations from the flu in Ohio are in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas.

One UC professor says flu season severity in the southern hemisphere is usually an indicator of what will happen in the northern hemisphere. So far, the outlook is good.

Case of flu are widespread across the Commonwealth. The reported influenza cases are twice what it was this time a year ago.Connie White with the State…

The number of hospitalizations due to influenza rose by more than a third in Ohio last week. More than 800 people were hospitalized in the fifth week of…

A public health expert says concerns about coronavirus are valid, but people should take steps toward controlling the seasonal flu first. Dr. Odell Owens,…

A survey of Northern Kentucky adults finds nearly 60 percent of them received a flu shot in the last 12 months. The poll from Interact for Health and the…

For the fifth straight week Kentucky health officials are reporting widespread flu activity in the state. Deputy Public Health Commissioner, Dr. Kraig…

As the flu season ramps up, Greater Cincinnati hospitals say they have two special concerns:The 2014-2015 flu vaccination may not offer the level of…