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If you made it through the last flu season without missing a day of work or school, you're one of the few. The flu vaccine that was supposed to keep us from getting sick was only 36 percent effective last time around, but the CDC says they've tweaked it to be more effective this year. Hope so!

One minute she was doing her homework and playing, and within an hour or two she was complaining of being cold and achy, so I took her temperature. It was 104.4! What happened next taught me something.

The flu epidemic in Texas continues. A Dallas man will have his fingers amputated and a Forth Worth man has had both of his feet and his fingers amputated due to complications from the flu.

East Texas has been hit hard with influenza this year. So hard, that local hospitals are following medical divert protocols.

It doesn't take long for the flu to work its way through the house or the office and knock people out, but if we eat certain foods we'll say healthy and and win the battle.

Local news forecasts say East Texas may be at below freezing temperatures for 40 straight hours starting Sunday.

Whether you got a shot or not, make sure you and your family are doing what you can to stay clean and healthy.

There are at least 12,000 new cases of the flu each week across the country, but Texas is much healthier it turns out.  So how much longer will flu season last?

What are your secrets to stay healthy around germy kids and co-workers this fall? Let's spill 'em.

If you talked yourself into getting a flu shot in September or October when the vaccines first came out, good for you! Hopefully you're flu-free and feeling good right now.

While it may be a brand new year and everyone is excited about a fresh start, there is something that comes along with this wintery weather that people don't like: The flu. Doctors have said this is the worst outbreak of the flu in more than a decade, especially for babies and older folks.

Maybe it's not just the effects of the New Year's Eve drinks that you're feeling today. Many people in East Texas are sick with something other than the "brown bottle flu" right now. Flu cases are up in Texas. Emergency rooms from Dallas to Tyler to Houston are saying they're seeing more flu cases right now, with fevers of 102 to 103 and that yucky, awful, achey feeling. And of course th