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

A federal vaccine advisory panel voted this week to recommend significant updates to the nation’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza vaccination policies, signaling a new direction ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel, recently restructured by Health and Human Services Secretary ...

Why the CDC is warning that this flu season is on track to be one of the worst in a decade 03:26. This season's influenza vaccine may have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that ...

Doctor fears "vaccine hesitancy" is contributing to worst flu season in 15 years 04:14. Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu ...

As cases of H5N1, also known as avian flu or bird flu, continue to surface across the U.S., safety precautions are ramping up. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced ...

According to additional data, 2% of the deaths in the U.S. for the week ending in Feb. 1 were due to influenza, or the flu.That same week, 1.5% of deaths in the nation were due to COVID. The ...

Flu vaccine effectiveness in South America was 35% against hospitalization. ... A CDC spokesperson said that the effectiveness of the vaccine for H1N1 was "within the range" of previous seasons.

Oct. 4, 2024 – The CDC says the influenza vaccine being used this flu season might be less effective than the one used last flu season, based on reports of how well the vaccine is working in ...

Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign. Updated February 20, 2025 2:28 PM ET Originally published February 19, 2025 6:39 PM ET. By . Will Stone ...

The CDC explained that while this year’s VE is lower than it was in 2023, it’s still in historical range to effectively protect against influenza A; past data has shown that the flu shot ...

This season's influenza vaccine may have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that caused many infections this winter, early data released by the Centers for Disease Control and ...