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Your Guide to the 2023-2024 Flu Season

En español | Flu season is here. Are you ready? We've got all the latest news and advice to help keep you healthy this fall and winter.

What You Need to Know About the Flu

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How Bad Will Flu Season Be This Year?

Older adults urged to get influenza vaccines in early autumn

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Can You Get Your COVID Booster With Your Flu Shot?

What to know about getting both vaccines at once

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4 Other Reasons to Get the Flu Shot

It could do more than protect you from influenza

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Have the Flu? Here's What You Need to Do

Plus, what not to do when you’re sick

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Do You Have a Cold? The Flu? COVID? Or RSV?

A few tricks for telling the illnesses apart

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How to Spot Serious Flu Symptoms in Older Adults

Some can be atypical, and flagging them can be key to getting an effective antiviral Rx

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7 Ways to Ease a Sore Arm From Flu Shot

Two doctors share their top tips

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How to Get Rid of a Stuffy Nose

What works to relieve nasal congestion: Yes to chicken soup!

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Free COVID Tests Are Available to Order Once Again

Starting Sept. 25, households can get four kits from the government

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Decongestants That Don’t Actually Work

Experts have deemed a common ingredient ineffective

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Myth-Busting Old Wives’ Tales

When it comes to cold and flu remedies, here’s what works — and what doesn’t

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Older Adults Should Get Powerful Flu Shots

New CDC recommendations for the 2022-2023 flu season

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8 Superfoods for Flu Season

What to eat or drink to build a stronger defense this winter

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