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

The federal government is recommending flu vaccines remove the preservative thimerosal after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday officially adopted the recommendation of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has merged H5N1 bird flu updates with routine updates for seasonal influenza, the agency's website showed on Monday. The number of people monitored and tested for bird flu will be reported on a monthly basis,

The CDC says there is no evidence of harm from mercury-based thimerosal.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the emergency bird flu response was “deactivated to transition back to regular program activity” last Wednesday due to reports of animal infections declining

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, a move that removes a key policy tailwind for vaccine developers, including Moderna,

The bird flu virus has now become lethal. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention disclosed that a person with severe avian influenza died from the infection in early January, becoming the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported double the cases of norovirus compared to previous years in early December after outbreaks have been reported across the country.. During ...