The CDC estimates at least 11 million illnesses so far this season:120,000 people have been hospitalized and 5,000 have died so far this flu season.

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shows a massive spike in flu activity nationwide.

Flu levels are at a 25-year high and cases are popping up in communities across the area. It's something that has so many people concerned, and for good reason.

Flu-like illness was responsible for 11.3% of outpatient visits, surpassing the national average and indicating an increasing viral spread throughout the state.

FINDLAY, OH - January 08, 2026 - - Dr. Andrea Adams-Miller, an applied neuroscientist and executive advisor, and CEO of The RED Carpet Connection, LLC, warns that rising public concern is intensifying as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that flu activity is at very high levels across much of the United States,

Seasonal influenza activity remained elevated and rose in the final week of December, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed on Monday, as the agency for the first time classified the 2025-26 season as "moderately severe.

Flu cases across the country are at their highest since the late 1990s. The Centers for Disease Control says more than 11 million cases have already been reported due to a super variant spreading across the country.

Boston's top health official blasted the federal health officials over rolled-back vaccine requirements while reporting that two children in the city died from the flu for the first time in over a decade.