A bad flu season in Australia could predict a rough time in the U.S., along with a possible COVID surge. Experts urge flu shots, COVID boosters now.

The severity of the flu season in Massachusetts kicked up this week. The 2019-2020 influenza season in the Bay State was upgraded from low to moderate severity by the state Department of Public ...

The flu vaccination rate for all ages in Massachusetts is currently 48%, the Department of Public Health reports. By comparison, more than 75% of the state is fully vaccinated against COVID.

Massachusetts became the only state in the country to impose the flu vaccine requirement back in August, due to concerns that the traditional influenza season coinciding with the second COVID-19 ...

Flu rates in Massachusetts are already higher than at any point in more than a decade, and the season is just getting started. Data released Friday by the state Department of Public Health shows more ...

Flu season is starting more active than the previous three years, as public health officials urge people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The percent of influenza-like illness visits in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Flu numbers are spiking across the state as respiratory illnesses are spreading rapidly. According to the CDC, they estimate that there have been at least 9 million ...

Health officials urge masks as flu cases spike in Massachusetts 02:02. BOSTON - The Department of Public Health said Friday that flu activity in Massachusetts is "very high," with more than 5,400 ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Getting the COVID vaccine or a booster shot this fall? Consider getting vaccinated against the flu as well. That's the message from the state's Department of Public Health as the ...

If you’re collecting small silver linings in this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, here’s another one for you: In Massachusetts, there's been almost no flu season. “This low degree of flu ...