The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that all healthy people ages 6 months and older be vaccinated against ...

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 ...

Compared to the standard shot, the mRNA vaccine had an overall vaccine efficacy that was 26.6 percent higher, and 27.4 ...

The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking ...

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.

Novavax reports strong immune responses from H5N1 avian flu vaccine candidate, showing promise in single and two-dose ...

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

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

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 ...