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Another local hospital is lifting restrictions on visitors under the age of 18 based on a decline in the number of flu-like illness in the area.

Three local hospitals are continuing to restrict visitors to adults 18 years of age and older due to an increase in patients with the flu and flu-like symptoms.

Have you had your Flu shot yet this season?

The Oneida County Health Department is urging residents to consider two vaccines this winter.

Ebola may be grabbing all the headlines, but the virus we’re all far more likely to catch and get seriously ill from is one that’s very preventable: the flu.

There are plenty of products out there in your local pharmacy when it comes to dealing with all of the colds, flus and viruses that seem to sweep through households during the winter months; but, unfortunately, there really isn't much available to prevent this stuff from spreading in the first place. ...

The flu is prevalent in New York, so says the state's health boss.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah has declared the flu now prevalent in the state, requiring hospitals and other state-regulated health facilities to ensure their personnel have either had this season's influenza vaccine or else wear masks where patients may be present.

Have you gotten your flu shot yet?

The people who make Kleenex brand tissues claim they have created the world's first tool that will predict where the cold and flu will hit next up to three weeks in advance. So, people can see when the cold and flu is prevalent in their area.