Newsweek reached out to the California Department of Public Health via email for comment. Seasonal influenza has reached an unprecedented intensity, making it the most severe flu season in at least 15 years,

The California Department of Public Health said they were short about $39 million to continue the myCAvax program beyond June 30, 2025.

The state is experiencing an unusually high number of influenza cases during the 2024-2025 respiratory season, state health agency data show, leading to a worrying trend in flu-related deaths. UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone,

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More than 900 people have died from influenza since the beginning of October in California, more than have died at this point in any of the last six respiratory virus seasons, according to a report released Friday by the California Department of Public Health.

According to the California Department of Public Health, more than 900 Californians have died this flu season. Most of the victims were over 64 years old. At least 15 children have died. Four of them,

The flu season in California has proven to be particularly deadly, with more than 900 deaths reported since October. According to the latest update from the California Department of Public Health, released on Friday,

California is one of the states hit especially hard by this year's brutal flu season, with more than 900 deaths due to the respiratory illness reported since October 2024. Newsweek reached out to the California Department of Public Health via email for comment.

UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone, according to Dr. Dean Blumberg, the hospital’s chief of pediatric infectious diseases.

The California Department of Public Health said they were short about $39 million to continue the myCAvax program beyond June 30, 2025.

This year's flu season is hitting hard in California with over 900 deaths reported since October. A recent report released by the California Department of Public Health shows this flu season has claimed more lives than in the last six years. A quarter of those deaths were people under the age of 65, while 700 deaths were 65 and over.

As childhood diseases surge nationwide and vaccination rates drop, Stanford healthcare professionals said these trends correlate with the growth of vaccine hesitancy and political polarization of heal