Medicare is launching a new pilot program that will require prior approval for 17 health services using artificial intelligence tools. The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model is ...

Influenza activity has risen to the highest levels so far this season and is continuing to increase in New Jersey and throughout the United States, data shows. Doctors expect this trend to continue.

Cases have been confirmed in 43 states, CDC data shows. The U.S. has surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A sizable uptick in measles cases in the ongoing outbreak in South Carolina has put the U.S. on the precipice of losing its elimination status. South Carolina’s health department on Tuesday reported ...

Flu is surging across the United States amid a busy holiday travel time. The state of New York is among those most heavily hit. For the week ending Dec. 20, the state reported its highest number of ...

With flu season firmly underway, cases and hospitalizations are rising in Wisconsin. Experts are closely watching a new flu variant called H3N2 subclade K that has led to an earlier and tougher flu ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

A new influenza strain, dubbed the "super flu," has surged across the country during the holiday travel season. The CDC estimates the flu has caused at least 4.6 million illnesses and 49,000 ...

The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared. By Joseph Goldstein In New York City, the signs of flu abound: more people wearing masks, more people ...

There have been an estimated 81,000 flu-related hospitalizations in the 2025-2026 flu season, according to the CDC Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...

There are some unusual symptoms being reported with a new and mutated flu variant quickly spreading in the U.S. ahead of holiday gatherings. According to Dr. Juanita Mora, the national spokesperson ...

At least 4.6 million flu illnesses have been recorded this season so far. Flu activity is increasing across the U.S. amid holiday travel and gatherings, according to the latest data the Centers for ...