flu season

You know the feeling. You hear that someone in the office has a virus. Now you worry about touching anything, and experts say you're instinct is absolutely right.

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

Health officials say the flu season seems to be getting off to more normal start this year.

With cold and flu season in full swing, health officials are issuing warnings to prevent those with symptoms from accidentally overdosing on acetaminophen.

'Tis the season to be jolly -- as long as you don't come down with the flu.

Worried about getting the flu? Well that anxiety may make you actually ore likely to  get the flu.

Symptoms of the flu don't only include a high fever, weak muscles and a sore throat. The ramifications spread to the workplace, schools, family and other segments of people's everyday lives, according to the 2013 Flu Impact Report from Walgreens.

There's nothing quite like walking out the door in the morning and being greeted with a wind gust that feels like below zero on your face. But there are other problems that a Jersey Shore winter brings. There's this awful flu season that is still going strong throughout New Jersey, and it's a dangerous one, so everyone is trying to avoid it...

We've all heard by now that this is no ordinary flu season. According to msn.com, this years flu season is the earliest to hit since 2003-2004, and in some hospitals across the state, emergency room visits due to the flu like symptoms are nearly double what they were last year.

So, it looks like flu season is here. And now you start hearing things like "worst in years", "bad flu season" and other phrases you'd rather not hear.