influenza

Broome County Executive Jason says January is on board to be the "most difficult of the pandemic."

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling on local health departments to get ready for double-duty this fall and winter.

Many area school districts are also reacting to the developments in the spread of the novel coronavirus, sending letters to parents and guardians.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to remind residents of a virus that is far more prevalent than corona in the state and country right now: influenza.

Every year we're warned of the dangerous spread of the flu, but this year the warnings come with a heavy undertone. The virus is hitting our kids especially hard.

New numbers from the New York State Department of Health show a 60% increase in laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza last week over the previous week.

Health officials around the region have reported widespread cases of influenza and the impact is reaching some health care organizations in the Twin Tiers.

The number of Binghamton-area residents diagnosed with the flu is rising. Mari Yourdon of the Broome County Health Department says confirmed influenza cases started to increase around mid-December. Yourdon says the number of people with the flu more than doubled in the last reported week...

The Broome County Health Department will hold a series of flu clinics for residents over the next several weeks. Department immunization nurse Sue Blythe says a clinic schedule will be released soon. Speaking on WNBF Radio's Binghamton Now program, Blythe said everyone one older than six months should be vaccinated so they'll be protected during the flu season...

Broome County health officials aren't worried about the supply of flu vaccine at the moment. Although demand for flu shots is high because of widespread influenza activity, supervising public health educator Diane O'Hora says the amount of vaccine locally appears to be adequate...