How do I know if I have covid or the flu? Answering your questions.
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Flu deaths in US outpace COVID deaths
More people are dying from the flu than COVID-19 this year. Bloomberg reports seasonal influenza reached its highest levels ...
Everyone's sick this winter. What’s up with flu, norovirus, RSV and COVID?
Experts say this is the worst flu season in the U.S. in more than a decade and cases are still trending up. Flu infections ...
US winter flu deaths outpace COVID for first time in five years
Seasonal influenza has reached its highest levels in over 15 years and has now surpassed COVID-19 deaths for the past two ...
Flu Trumps COVID Deaths for First Time in Years
For the past two months, deaths from influenza have surpassed ones caused by COVID-19 for the first time since the ...
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'One of our worst flu seasons': Infections rise, COVID-19 drops statewide, in Kanawha
According to the West Virginia Department of Health's Breathe Easy dashboard, flu infections are rising while COVID numbers ...
More people are currently dying from the flu in California than from Covid
More Californians are dying from the flu than Covid right now, according to state health officials. The rate of flu-related ...
Do I have a cold, the flu, COVID-19 or RSV? Signs and symptoms of each this winter
Respiratory syncytial virus is a common, highly contagious illness that often causes mild upper respiratory symptoms, akin to a cold. In babies, particularly those with tiny airways, RSV can cause the ...
Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data
Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...
Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1 ...
Flu Now Deadlier Than COVID in California for First Time Since 2020
Flu deaths have surpassed COVID-19 in California for the first time since the pandemic, with concerns over low vaccination ...
Flu is killing more people than COVID in California, health officials say. What’s going on?
UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone, according to Dr. Dean Blumberg, the hospital’s chief of pediatric ...