MEDFORD, Ore. – Public health officials say influenza activity in Jackson County is high and circulating widely. Jackson County Public Health reports that not only is flu activity on the rise in the county, it’s also increasing in Oregon and ...

Jackson County, Ore. —Thanksgiving may be over, but now local health officials are bracing for a potential surge in respiratory viruses. The Flu, RSV, and Covid are all surfacing in the community. Some health officials are even calling it the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Hospitalization rates for the flu are at a decade-high. That’s according to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said on Friday that the more severe cases are among people age 65 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – A surge in children’s respiratory illnesses across the country has doctors concerned and hospitals stretched thin. A spike in the seasonal illness RSV comes just amid a looming flu season that’s expected to be the worst ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – With Flu season coming in the Rogue Valley, medical experts are saying it is safe to get the Flu and COVID vaccines at the same time. The CDC says Flu cases increase in October with about 26 ...

Author: Brittany Falkers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Revamped COVID boosters have arrived in Oregon and southwest Washington. The new recipe targets both the original strain of the virus and the two omicron subvariants causing the most infections right now. ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon public health officials are reminding people about the importance of getting a flu vaccine as people across the country start to remove masks. The Oregon Health Authority said the state is seeing a rise in late-season ...

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(CNN) – Flu outbreaks are already popping up in some parts of the country just as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report about the impact a severe flu season may have on our already vulnerable health ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Some good news during the pandemic, this year’s flu season is significantly better than years past. Jackson County Public Health says it’s because so many are taking the necessary precautions. Typically flu season runs from October through ...

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