Flu

Health officials say Ohioans need to take action now to protect themselves against COVID-19, flu and RSV.

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The flu is reemerging with a vengeance after seemingly vanishing for the past few years. Now as the number of local hospitalizations are climbing, public health officials are urging everyone to get their flu vaccine.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is predicting a serious flu season this year. That could impact blood supplies nationwide.

Dayton Children's hospital's intensive care unit has been full at times during the past few weeks. That’s as hospitals across the state (and the country) are seeing a surge in respiratory illnesses.

October marks the start of flu season. It virtually disappeared during the height of the pandemic. But now some local public health experts are concerned there'll be a surge in both flu and COVID-19 infections this upcoming winter.

The winter season is here again. And that means the threat of getting the flu. Public health officials are asking people to use caution and to get vaccinated.

Public health agencies across the Miami Valley are reporting a spike in flu cases and hospitalizations as a flu outbreak affects a wide area, including…

This week, the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association (GDAHA) implemented new visitor restrictions to local, short-term acute care hospitals. The…

State health officials are reporting a decrease in the number of flu-related hospitalizations in what has been an unusually bad season. Numbers released…

As the Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa, fear among Ohioans seems to be mounting—but state health officials want people to stay calm and to get…