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

By Dawn Attride for Sentient. Broadcast version by Mike Moen for Minnesota News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public ...

As bird flu, also known as H5N1, spreads across the country, experts are concerned about the potential for undetected transfer and mutations.

Flu vaccine makers may face a last-minute scramble to produce enough doses after an FDA advisory committee meeting was ...

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.

A study looking at the impact of the human papillomavirus or HPV vaccine showed that in the period from 2008 to 2022, the ...

So far, fewer than half of US children and older adults have been vaccinated during this year’s high-severity flu season.

Is it too late to get a flu vaccine? Flu vaccination rates among the general population are at their lowest level in three years, according to CDC data. Among children, they’re at a six-year low.

The campaign recommended that “if you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, it’s not too late,” said Goad. The flu vaccine can still reduce the risk for serious complications from flu ...

Is it time to panic? Allentown officials said bird flu is responsible for the deaths of Canada geese throughout parks in the town earlier this month. New Jersey Department of Environmental ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention killed a campaign promoting seasonal flu shots and canceled a major conference with virus experts just days after outspoken vaccine skeptic Robert F.

CINCINNATI — Local doctors are encouraging parents to get their flu shot, and schedule their child's shot, after the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced the state's first pediatric flu ...