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Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet.

Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.

The annual summer COVID wave hasn't peaked yet, and flu season is on the way, but this year brings new options to fight back. From a prophylactic pill you can take after exposure to COVID to a faster-made mRNA flu shot, Dr. Jason Bowling of UT Health San Antonio breaks down the new options.

The first mRNA-based flu shot to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration will be ready for the upcoming flu season. Moderna, the vaccine's maker

Metro Health says emergency room visits for flu are higher than they've been in years.

A new flu variant is spreading quickly in the U.S.

This year's version of H3N2 has experts on alert. It's a mutated version, subclade K, that may weaken the vaccine's protection, but makes getting vaccinated more important than ever.

As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.

There’s a measles outbreak in a West Texas county with one of the lowest childhood vaccination rates in the country. In other parts of the state, the flu is spreading like wildfire, causing mass absenteeism in schools. COVID numbers are also flaring up. And the rate of TB infections is also climbing higher. And it’s unclear what to expect from bird flu. We’re going to get the latest on the spread of infectious diseases and if we are ready.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 64 influenza-associated outbreaks during that time. It added that 3,262 Texans and four children died of influenza or pneumonia since flu season began on Oct. 1.