After his controversial nomination as HHS Secretary, all eyes were on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as he addressed a measles outbreak in Texas that has affected over 160 people across 10 states. NBC News Health & Medical Reporter Erika Edwards reports on this and the postponing of a key CDC meeting that could hold up the production of next year’s flu vaccine.

The Bay Area and U.S. are continuing to contend with the worst flu seasons in the last 15 years. To date, the CDC says there have been 370 thousand hospitalizations and 16 thousand deaths across the country tied to influenza.

No School January turned into Flu February. It’s been a month of sickness in our house. My poor wife. She gave these kids life, and they return the favor by taking her out with their germs. In the weeks of runny noses and feverish bodies,

The CDC highlights a rise in respiratory illnesses and flu cases. Sleep expert Michelle Drerup advises on sleep hygiene to boost immune health and combat infections.

In this episode of “Island Interviews,” Greg Walter, a nurse practitioner at Unalaska’s Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, to better understand why winter brings waves of illnesses. He talks about how people can prevent getting the flu and when symptoms warrant a trip to the clinic.

The flu season rages on with 18 pediatric flu deaths last week. Doctors are saying it’s the worst season they’ve seen in years and comes even as federal health agencies have had hundreds of workers fired.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials reported the flu season in the United States reached its most intense period of the last 15 years.

In today’s Health Alert - another tragic flu-related death in Michigan. Health officials say a third child has died, this time in Macomb County.

It serves as a stark reminder that influenza can be very dangerous, especially for young children and other high-risk individuals.”