Flu

The latest Centers for Disease Control Influenza map show flu-like illness in New Jersey has been downgraded from widespread to moderate, but state health officials don't think this means that flu season has necessarily peaked.

Use Emergency Rooms for true emergencies. That's the word from ER Physicans as the flu, cold and respiratory ailments continue to grip the Garden State.

Just a few days into the winter season, a growing number of New Jersey residents are getting sick with the flu.

The calendar says mid-April, everything is turning green, the birds are singing, and yet in many parts of New Jersey there are reports of increased influenza-like illness.

With people inside more often and in closer contact, catching a cold or the flu is more common and some symptoms are similar.

While we are currently experiencing a flu epidemic in Monmouth and Ocean counties, there is still time to get the flu vaccine at a location near you.