To stave off winter illness, now is a great time for all of us—especially older adults—to get updated flu and COVID shots. If you are over 65, you may want to consider a high-dose or ...

Since Jan. 1, 2025, alone, over 4,000 people ... from 59% in 2019–20 to 46% in 2024–25. In adults 65 years and older, the group with the greatest risk of hospitalization and death, flu vaccination ...

as well as patients over 65. Similarly, those who end up being admitted to the hospital are most commonly patients who are 80 and older. Flu seasons vary in severity, but usually it’s people 65 ...

"The week's not over, that number is still going up ... the general population at "low" risk for catching bird flu, but one 65-year-old Louisiana resident with complicating health conditions ...

Dr. Emmett Roper at Mercy Health said there is no surprise flu strains this year, but the spread has been significant. Children under five, adults over 65 and people with underlying medical ...

Children, pregnant women, old people and those with weakened immune systems are the most vulnerable to serious complications from the flu. The hospital data show that Americans aged over 65 in ...

For more than two decades, Tricia Kean has been your weekday anchor and a longtime advocate for consumers in Southern Nevada. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The flu has claimed the lives of 40 people here ...

So far, 57 people in Indiana have died from the flu. Out of the 57 people, 41 of which were older than 65 years old. Not only has the number of flu deaths increased, but Indiana Health Officials say ...

Most of the deaths (73%) are in people over 65 years old. According to state epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore, North Carolina is on track to have the most flu-related deaths since 2009, when the ...