Claire Maldarelli, assistant editor at Popular Science, discusses the 2017-2018 flu season that scientists have named as one of the worst in the last decade.
She notes that it is always good to get your flu shot, no matter how late in the season it is. The vaccination helps reduce the severity of the virus and makes it harder for it to spread. Maldarelli talks about how the body fights the flu and notes aches and pains stem from your immune system trying to fight off the virus.
Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast for Sept. 22, 2023 and the weekend.
Much of the East Coast is currently under a tropical storm warning.
Cheddar News checks in with the coast-to-coast weather forecast for Sept. 22, 2023 and the upcoming weekend.
A storm churning in waters off the eastern U.S. has increased to tropical storm strength and is forecast to reach the North Carolina coast Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center said.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
Free Covid tests are making a return thanks to the federal government.
A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.
As climate change ramps up, people might begin to notice the financial impact of the phenomenon.
