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Flu season is starting to tick up in the U.S. And, looking at clues from other countries, we may be in for a rough winter. But not all influenza is the same. And there are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains. In particular, experts are concerned about a new flu variant of H3N2, a type of influenza A strain, called subclade K. This variant fueled an unusually severe flu season in Japan and tore through the U.K. and Canada before making its way here, experts told TODAY.com previously. Last year’s flu season was also dominated by influenza A variants, Dr. Sean T. Liu, associate professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, tells TODAY.com. Specifically, the CDC notes that H1N1- and H3N2-related variants, both type A flu strains, were the predominant flu viruses circulating that season. But what does it mean to have a flu A or flu B season? Do these types of flu have different symptoms? And does one cause more severe illness than the other? Experts have been studying influenza for many years now, but there are clearly some ways this virus can still surprise us. What’s the difference between flu A and B? What we colloquially refer to as “the flu” is not just a single strain. “Influenza is a family of viruses — a group that has similarities in the way that their biology works,” Dr. Stuart Ray, professor of medicine and oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, tells TODAY.com. Different lineages of influenza have risen and persisted, similar to the way other viruses work, Ray explains, like the coronavirus. The two most severe and most common flu strains are type A and type B. There is also a type C influenza, but it’s less common and doesn’t tend to follow the same seasonal patterns as the other two, Ray says. Flu A is generally more severe, Ray says, and only influenza A has been known to cause pandemics — including the 1918 flu pandemic. Unlike type A, influenza B only infects humans, he explains, “so it changes more slowly and it tends to be milder.” But on an individual level, influenza B infections have the potential to become just as severe. When it comes to type A versus type B flu, the timing isn’t always predictable, Liu says. Flu season typically starts around October, peaks between December and February and then continues to diminish through February or March. But sometimes the season does last longer than that, Liu says. “Different seasons can be different,” Ray agrees, and flu cases don’t always spike at the same time of year. But, in general, “during the respiratory (virus) season, we tend to see A coming up earlier,” Ray explains, “and then the tail of the epidemic tends to be influenza B.” Health & wellness Nov 26 A nasty, hard-to-kill virus is spreading across the country ahead of the holidays Health Nov 24 Flu season is just beginning, but doctors are already on high alert Vaccines Oct 25 Is it time for your flu shot? What to know about effectiveness and how long it lasts What are the symptoms of flu A vs. B? Whether you have influenza A or B, you can expect to develop the same general set of symptoms, the experts say. In fact, experts sometimes use the term “flu-like illness” to refer to other diseases because “influenza is sort of the prototype” of a fever-causing respiratory illness, Ray explains. A flu infection typically causes these symptoms: Fever Cough Sore throat Body aches Runny or stuffy nose Headaches The flu can also cause a general feeling of fatigue or malaise, Ray says, as well as gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea and nausea, especially among children. As with COVID, some people also experience a loss of taste and smell with the flu, he adds. But, if you’re comparing flu A vs. flu B, it’s impossible to tell which strain you have based just on your symptoms. “They’re clinically indistinguishable on a case-by-case basis,” Ray says. “So when we see someone, we have to test them to see whether they have A or B.” Possible complications…

Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order for all crew members to be killed as part of a Sept. 2 attack. The lawmakers said they did not know whether last week’s Washington Post report was true, and some Republicans were skeptical, but they said attacking survivors of an initial missile strike poses serious legal concerns. “This rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true,” said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, when asked about a follow-up strike aimed at people no longer able to fight, said Congress does not have information that happened. He noted that leaders of the Armed Services Committee in both the House and Senate have opened investigations. “Obviously, if that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that that would be an illegal act,” Turner said. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Sunday evening while flying back to Washington from Florida, where he celebrated Thanksgiving, confirmed that he had recently spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. administration says the strikes in the Caribbean are aimed at cartels, some of which it claims are controlled by Maduro. Trump also is weighing whether to carry out strikes on the Venezuelan mainland. Trump declined to comment on details of the call, which was first reported by The New York Times. “I wouldn’t say it went well or badly,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, when asked about the call. The Venezuelan communications ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the call with Trump. Turner said there are concerns in Congress about the attacks on vessels that the Trump administration says are transporting drugs, but the allegation regarding the Sept. 2 attack “is completely outside anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation.” The comments from lawmakers during news show appearances come as the administration escalates a campaign to combat drug trafficking into the U.S. On Saturday, Trump said the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Maduro. Maduro’s government accused Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty. After the Post’s report, Hegseth said Friday on X that “fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.” “Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command,” Hegseth wrote. Trump said on Sunday the administration “will look into” the matter but added, “I wouldn’t have wanted that — not a second strike.” The president also defended Hegseth. “Pete said he did not order the death of those two men,” Trump said. He added, “And I believe him.” Trump Administration Nov 25 Top U.S. military officials are visiting Caribbean leaders as Trump weighs next steps Trump Administration Nov 2 U.S. military strikes alleged drug boat in the Caribbean killing 3, Pete Hegseth says Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and its top Democrat, Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, said in a joint statement late Friday that the committee “will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances.” That was followed Saturday with the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama, and the ranking Democratic member, Washington Rep. Adam Smith, issuing a…

As moviegoers return to theaters to see “Wicked: For Good,” the sequel to the 2024 Broadway adaptation about an unlikely friendship between two witches, they may be surprised by the second installment’s darker tone. Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), an unfairly villainized figure in the mythical land of Oz, spends much of the new film trying to save her kingdom from a descent into authoritarianism. In a new song by composer Stephen Schwartz called “There’s No Place Like Home,” Erivo sings of her beloved homeland, “Why do I love this place that’s never loved me?” Schwartz wrote the song during the Covid-19 pandemic, when he and playwright Winnie Holzman were working to adapt their long-running 2003 stage musical into a two-film structure. The song, and the musical’s storyline, reflect the complicated feelings Schwartz believes he and many other Americans have about their country in 2025. “No matter where you lie on a political or ideological spectrum, it must be obvious that the America we live in today is quite a different country than 10 years ago,” Schwartz said in a Zoom interview with NBC News after the film’s record breaking opening weekend. “And so if you feel that something is being lost, the question then becomes, well, what do you do about that?” Universal Pictures’ “Wicked: For Good” is directed by Jon M. Chu and stars Erivo as the Wicked Witch of the West and Ariana Grande as the Good Witch, Glinda. (NBC News and Universal Pictures share Comcast as a parent company.) While the first movie centered on the magic of the witches’ school days, the new film takes more of a foreboding tone. Oz’s talking animals have been locked in cages and the Munchkins are prevented from traveling freely, images that some viewers have taken as an allegory about the dangers of fascism or a critique of current U.S. immigration policies. “No Place Like Home,” Schwartz said, is essentially a love song Erivo sings to a declining place. “Any of us who live in a place that we don’t necessarily feel great about, or that hasn’t necessarily been great to us, we grapple with that question: Why do we care so much?” Schwartz’s new song for Grande, on the other hand, is about a political awakening. “The Girl in the Bubble” marks Glinda’s “turning point,” Schwartz said, a moment when she realizes that she is enabling the cruelty and dishonesty of Oz’s leaders. “As privileged as she is, she can’t live with herself anymore,” Schwartz said. Unlike the songs in the first “Wicked” film, which weren’t eligible for Academy Awards because they had been in the stage musical, both “There’s No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble” are possible best original song Oscar nominees. The “Wicked” story has always been influenced by current events and subject to political analyses. Some interpreted L. Frank Baum’s original, 1900 children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” as a critique of the American populism movement of the 1890s. The 1939 MGM film adaptation of Baum’s book arrived with its portrayal of a deceptive leader just as American audiences were awakening to the dangers of Adolf Hitler. Schwartz and Holzman adapted their 2003 stage play from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, “Wicked,” which Maguire has said was partly inspired by the first Gulf War. In the 2024 documentary “Wicked: The Real Story,” Maguire said he was interested in exploring the idea of “what is evil and what are my obligations?” In crafting the stage musical, Schwartz and Holzman were taking into account the events of September 11 and the U.S.’s response to them. Celebrity News Nov 29 Ariana Grande shares ‘loving reminder' amid body-shaming criticism Movies Nov 21 Cynthia Erivo reveals this ‘Wicked: For Good' moment wasn't planned “Wicked: For Good” is one of a few big budget, tentpole-style films from Hollywood this year that include either a literal or an allegorical layer of politics along with the spectacle. Some conservative commentators accused Warner Bros’s “One Battle After Another,”…

“Zootopia 2” had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office. The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it the highest international opening ever for an animated movie, the fourth highest global debut of any kind, and the top international opener of 2025. “Wicked: For Good” stayed aloft in its second weekend for Universal Pictures, earning another $62.8 million domestically over the weekend for a North American total of $270.4 million. The second half of the “Wicked” saga has brought in $393 million internationally. The pair of PG-rated sequels combined to make the Thanksgiving weekend a glimmering exception to an otherwise dark year at movie theaters. The five-day holiday run brought in $290 million in total, $188 million of it coming Friday through Sunday. That could be a blip or an indication that a strong finish might salvage Hollywood’s box office year, with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” among the films still to be released in 2025. “This is a great result and a big momentum builder for the box office as we head into the final four weeks of the year,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “Zootopia 2” arrives almost a decade after the original, a hit that outpaced expectations and had a March domestic opening of $75 million. Like the first, it features the duo of bunny cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and small-time hustler fox Nick Wilde ( Jason Bateman ) in a city of comically domesticated wildlife. Dergarabedian said the sequel represented “a beloved franchise delivering what audiences were looking for around the world.” It was the fourth biggest North American opening of 2025. But its biggest market was China, which made for nearly half of the film’s global total with a whopping $272 million in ticket sales. No American-made animated film has ever opened bigger. It was the second best nonlocal film opening of all time in China, after “Avengers: Endgame.” Such a result in China was once almost commonplace for Hollywood. But in recent years, as geopolitical relations have grown uneasy, box-office results have turned unpredictable at best. Aside from a handful of exceptions, like the “Jurassic World” films, Hollywood has come to virtually write off Chinese theaters and recalibrate blockbuster budgets accordingly. The big bounty in China for “Zootopia 2” could be an aberration or a signal of a thaw in the freeze. In recent years, China, which censors which films that are released in theaters, has leaned more toward homegrown fare. Earlier this year, the locally made blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” grossed $1.8 billion in China. “Zootopia 2” had a clear path to a big Chinese opening. The first “Zootopia,” known there as “Crazy Animal City,” grew into a surprise hit, grossing $236 million. Shanghai Disneyland has a theme land devoted to the films. “Wicked: For Good” didn’t seem to be hurt by the beastly competition as Universal’s gamble of splitting the Broadway tale of Oz into two films continued to pay off. It brought in a worldwide weekend total of $92.2 million. “Hamnet,” certain to be a major player in awards season after a celebrated festival run, had a strong limited opening and landed in the overall top 10. In just 119 theaters it earned $1.35 million from Wednesday through Sunday and $880,000 on the weekend, with a per-theater average of more than $11,000. Director Chloe Zhao’s Shakespeare story starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal expands next weekend. Movies Nov 23 ‘Wicked: For Good' even more popular than the first, soars to record-breaking debut McDonald’s Nov 8 ‘Zootopia 2' Happy Meal hops its way into McDonald's: See the toys Top 10 movies by domestic box office With final domestic figures being…