The new vaccinations could be self-administered at home, with the floss approach also thought compatible with flu, hepatitis ...

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

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

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

At least 11 children in the U.S. have died from influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy since October 2023, a ...

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is deadly in more than a quarter of kids diagnosed with the inflammatory brain disease.

Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for ...

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

Although it has been largely phased out of U.S. vaccines, thimerosal has long been targeted by anti-vaccine advocates.

As for the clinical presentation, most kids had fever (93%) and seizures (68%). They also had elevated liver enzymes (78%), ...