Flu

Israel Has Led The Way: Is New Jersey Next? Introducing, ‘Flurona’. A pregnant woman in Israel has contracted both the flu and COVID-19 simultaneously. She is unvaccinated.

The New Jersey State epidemiologist says the type of influenza that is now circulating can be more dangerous for younger and older populations.

Making things more complicated is the Delta variant of COVID, which emphasizes some of the "classic" symptoms of the novel coronavirus over others.

As the flu season that wasn’t comes to a close, a New Jersey epidemiologist suggests that perhaps people should consider wearing masks again next winter, even if the novel coronavirus pandemic is behind us.

Authorities did not release any other details about the victim except to say that the toddler was a North Jersey resident.

"Meningitis B is very serious not only because of how highly-contagious it is, but also how quickly it can progress if not detected and treated early on," said Dr. Richard Bezozo, CEO of Linden-based Care Station Medical Group.

If someone in your house has the flu, there are several things you can do to avoid getting sick yourself.

New Jersey has confirmed a Central Jersey child's death was the first pediatric flu death of this season.

Flu activity has gotten so serious the head of the New Jersey Health Department is making a direct appeal to New Jerseyans to get vaccinated if they haven’t already done so.

New Jersey has had 21,831 confirmed influenza cases since the beginning of October, compared to 9,969 confirmed influenza cases last year at this time.