Flu

Practicing hand hygiene and avoiding crowds are other ways to avoid the flu this season.

The Allen County teenager's death was reported by the Ohio Department of Health as the first flu-related pediatric death of this flu season.

This year's flu season is at its worst since 2009, according the CDC. The spike in flu cases in Ohio has filled hospital emergency departments and brought an influx of absences and call offs.

Ohio Department of Health reports flu-related hospitalizations are increasing. Flu vaccines are recommended for everyone six months and older.

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.