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1st human known to be infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu dies

  • Nov 22, 2025

Flu deaths in children hit new record: CDC

  • Oct 1, 2024
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How to avoid the 'tripledemic' of RSV, COVID-19, flu

  • Jan 5, 2024
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How to tell the difference between RSV, flu and COVID-19

  • Dec 12, 2023

Couple raises awareness about flu after 2-year-old dies from illness

  • Nov 15, 2023

Teenager dies from the flu in Galveston County, health district says

  • Dec 6, 2022

Flu, other respiratory virus activity continues to ramp up across US

  • Nov 4, 2022

Authorities announce 2nd coronavirus death in US

  • Mar 2, 2020

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Coronavirus rumors hurting Chinatown businesses

  • Feb 1, 2020
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Woman's flu death after Israel trip mystifies family

  • Jan 20, 2020
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6 Texas children have died from flu-related causes

  • Dec 14, 2019
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Teen admitted with flu to Houston hospital dies: Family

  • May 7, 2019
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Harris County confirms first child flu death

  • Feb 19, 2018
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Flu-related death of a child in Harris County

  • Feb 19, 2018
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Flu blamed for 84 child deaths this season, CDC says

  • Feb 18, 2018
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Flu-related deaths in Harris and Galveston Counties

  • Feb 7, 2018

Latest Stories

Coronavirus: Official warns person behind Chinatown rumor could get in trouble

Business is sinking for this store owner and he's losing dozens of customers.

  • Feb 1, 2020

Amid coronavirus outbreak, doctors remind public: flu is deadlier, more widespread

Doctors are reminding the public that influenza is far more dangerous and widespread than coronavirus, with more than 10,000 flu-related deaths per year in the United States.

  • Jan 31, 2020

Crosby woman dies from flu after trip to Israel, family says

The 20-year-old, who loved to travel, always seemed healthy, according to the family.

  • Jan 21, 2020
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CDC estimates 9.7 million cases of the flu this season

While the number of cases is high, officials say hospitalizations and deaths that are indicators of severity are not high.

  • Jan 11, 2020

Houston boy died of flu, becoming city's first flu-related pediatric death of season

The boy's death is the first flu-related pediatric death of the season. Just last week, a baby boy died of the flu in Harris County.

  • Dec 31, 2019