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The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in June to stop recommending certain kinds of flu vaccines, a ...

A CDC advisory has recommended to ban the use of thimerosal in flu shots despite no evidence that it causes any harm.

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

FluMist is the first vaccine to prevent influenza, more commonly known as the flu, that does not need to be administered by a ...