The HHS is betting $500 million on developing a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple flu strains.

Doctors and infectious disease experts stress that flu vaccines are safe, and they are especially important for older adults ...

Adjuvanted and high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccines provide similar protection against test-confirmed influenza among US adults aged 65 years or older.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved a major Centers for Disease Control & Prevention ...

An increasing number of US children infected with influenza are experiencing a rare and potentially fatal condition marked by swelling in the brain, researchers said. They identified 41 children ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a recommendation to remove a preservative called thimerosal from all influenza vaccines distributed in the United States.

The 2024-2025 flu shot has an estimated efficiency rate of 32%-60% against influenza and 63-78% against influenza-associated hospitalization among children and adolescents, according to data ...

This fundamental aspect of vaccine design means that regardless of effectiveness rates, receiving a flu shot cannot directly lead to contracting influenza.

Stephanie and Ian Campbell were "naive" about the impacts of Influenza B until their daughter was fighting for her life. They ...

Hundreds of people of mixed political views, religions and cultures protest a mandate from the Massachusetts Governor requiring all children,age K-12, to receive an influenza (flu) vaccine/shot to ...