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Topic: Flu Season

Boy get cold and blow her nose at home. (Vera Livchak / Getty Images)

Navigating the worst flu season in years

Nicole Karlis
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy is testifying for a second day following a tense three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee where he clashed with Democrats over his stance on vaccines and abortion rights. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

RFK could fumble a bad flu season

Nicole Karlis
A woman taking medicine in her room at home (Getty Images/Kayoko Hayashi)

Is zinc a placebo for colds?

Nicole Karlis
Steve Farzam, chief operating officer of 911 COVID Testing, shows a multiple antigen test for flu and COVID-19 on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at the site near the Getty Center in Los Angeles where a teenage boy tested positive for "Flurona. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

"Flurona": the co-infection, explained

Nicole Karlis
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Here's how to avoid this year's flu

Shira Tarlo
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Why pregnant women must get the flu shot

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A nurse prepares a flu shot. (AP/David Goldman)

Half of US adults still without flu shot

Nicole Karlis

How to prepare for the next flu pandemic

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California flu season worsens, report

Nicole Karlis
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