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Doctors are encouraging all patients to get the influenza vaccine before the end of this year.

Social gatherings are a prime place for diseases like the flu to spread.

4 top tips for avoiding the flu, plus important advice on when to see your doctor if the virus strikes.

If you think it's one and done like a measles vaccine, think again. The flu virus is ever-changing and mutating. So this year health experts created new vaccines that can protect you from upto 4 of the latest strains.

Eating the right food can be one of your best flu-prevention strategies. Dr. Michael Roizen, MD, explains which foods you should eat and how their nutrients can help cut your risk of colds and flu.

Cold and flu season is here! Kevin Soden, MD, shares 6 tips to help your family stay well. From sleep to reducing stress, learn how to prevent colds and flu.

Being vaccinated against the flu may lower your risk of heart attack and other major cardiovascular events.

It's not even winter yet, and the dreaded flu virus has arrived. Flu-related symptoms have already begun to claim lives -- and the push is on to make sure everyone gets vaccinated.

Cold and flu season is around the corner, so Dr. Travis Stork, an Emergency Room physician and co-host of "The Doctors" joins HuffPost Live to make sure you're prepared for what the season has in store.

Cold and flu season is around the corner, so Dr. Travis Stork, an Emergency Room physician and co-host of "The Doctors" joins HuffPost Live to make sure you're prepared and well-armed with remedies for what the season has in store.

Experts are pushing for everyone to get flu shots before the real fall weather approaches.

About 45 percent of all Americans got the vaccine, but the CDC says there are still too many people who aren't getting a flu shot.

For two years, scientists monitored what flu symptoms their participants experienced.

It's almost Fall, and that means flu season is just around the corner. Jacqueline London tells us when we should plan to get a flu shot.

It may not feel like flu season, but doctors and nurses say it's not far off and not too early to get the flu vaccine. Kevin Boughton reports on a drive-thru clinic in Topeka.

The Air Force will no longer be giving free flu shots to civilian employees this year, due to the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Millions of cases of the flu have been prevented due to flu vaccines.

For years scientists have tried to better understand the flu. A Mayo Clinic researcher says controlling humidity levels in places like schools could help stop the virus from spreading, and he's putting his theory to the test.

Flu stats in Minnesota have state health officials concerned. In the last week alone, 401 people have been hospitalized for flu like illness bringing the total to 1,121 hospitalizations.

Public health officials released the latest national data on flu cases. The numbers suggest the flu season may have peaked in some southeastern states. However, flu cases continue to spike elsewhere. Experts say it looks like a classic flu epidemic.

With what seems like a second wave of flu outbreak, there's a sudden rush of people asking for the flu shot, some clinics struggle to keep enough of the vaccine on hand.

A 6-year-old Texas girl with flu-like symptoms died hours after she visited an emergency room in Dallas.

From babies to adults, the flu is not being picky about who it affects this year. And with emergency rooms overflowing, many places are even running out of Flu-shots, TamilFlu and other medicines to fight the virus.

The flu outbreak across the country has become so bad now, that emergency rooms are having to turn away patients, while others are treating patients in tents set up in the parking lot.

Businesses across the country are taking a hit this flu season, sa workers call in sick ...knocked down by the flu. so now those businesses are urging employees to get flu shots an providing helpful tips to avoid the flu.

As the flu epidemic spreads in the US, parents are trying to keep their kids safe by keeping them from school.

From babies to adults, the flu is not being picky about who it affects this year. And with emergency rooms overflowing, many places are even running out of Flu-shots, TamilFlu and other medicines to fight the virus.

Carl Zimmer, a science writer and author of the book 'A Planet of Viruses,' joins HuffPost Live to discuss where the MERS virus originated and what some of the symptoms caused by the virus look like.

The new "bird flu," or H1N9, can only be transferred from bird to person unlike the swine flu epidemic of 2010. However, officials say people traveling to certain countries should take precautions.

Carl Zimmer, a science writer and author of the book 'A Planet of Viruses,' joins HuffPost Live to discuss where the MERS virus originated and what some of the symptoms caused by the virus look like.