The Food and Drug Administration canceled a meeting to update on influenza vaccines. The annual meeting cancellation came in late February. One key determination is figuring out which strain of the ...

Receiving an electronic reminder about influenza vaccination appeared to decrease COVID vaccination rates. Further study of ...

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

I am encouraged that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has advocated for the importance of children getting vaccinated against measles. But this is not ...

Oklahoma recently saw a record number of flu-related hospitalizations, leading to numerous school closures and cleaning days.

It’s not totally clear why flu is hitting so hard this year. One possibility is that it got off to a late start, so the ...

In this week's edition of Local Motion, KVNF's weekly public affairs program, we talk to Leah Rawson and Shirley Tatto of ...

Flu continues to circulate in communities across Oklahoma, and with spring break just around the corner, health experts are ...

Flu season continues to spread across the nation and won't be ending until May. But doctors believe it's not too late to get the flu vaccine.

About 44 percent of American adults ages 18 and older have received a flu vaccine this season, according to the CDC. For the flu season last year, about 45 percent of adults got the shot.

Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, urged people to get their flu shot amid a surge in influenza cases and low vaccination rates. Provincial data shows cases of the ...

Last week, the Public Health Agency of Canada bought 500,000 doses of the vaccine that guards against the virus, which is also known as bird flu and formally as H5N1. "This is a great step ...