California is now reporting very high flu levels, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the respiratory illness continues to surge nationwide.

California’s latest positivity rate for flu was 14%, well above the levels at this time in each of the past five years, according to the state Department of Public Health.

This year’s flu season hit a grim milestone with deaths tied to the virus surpassing the number of COVID-related deaths in California for the first time in five years. The noteworthy milestone ...

California seeing one of its worst flu spikes this century, experts say. By Madilynne Medina, News Reporter Feb 10, 2025. A nurse gives a flu vaccination shot to a man at a free clinic held at a ...

What’s the difference between flu a vs. flu b? The two most common and most severe flu strains are type A and type B, according to the CDC.Of the data collected so far this season, 96.6% of flu ...

California on Monday reported its first death of a child under 5 due to flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, this season. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the United States has seen ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday to combat bird flu, which has spread to more than a quarter of all the state's dairies in the last month and infected 34 state ...

Two California dairy workers have been infected with bird flu, state and federal health officials announced late Thursday. The cases mark California’s first human infections amid outbreaks ...

A third farmworker has tested positive for bird flu in California, according to the state’s health department. If confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this would be ...

California health officials said the bird flu virus was detected in a batch of raw milk from a dairy farm and have urged the public not to consume the product. The virus, also known as Avian ...

California’s farms are concentrated in a few key regions, such as the Central Valley, making those areas a hotbed for bird flu, said John Korslund, a former staff veterinary epidemiologist for ...