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

The CDC said there have been at least 33 million illnesses, 400,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths from the flu so far ...

The Hawaii Department of Health is inviting Hawaii residents with backyard flocks or involved in bird rescues to participate ...

and 13,000 deaths so far this influenza season. "CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older get an annual influenza vaccine," according to a statement from the agency. "There are ...

The Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly canceled an annual meeting of its advisers to update next season's influenza ...

A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in ...

In response to NPR, a spokesperson for the CDC listed seven emergency responses that are currently active — such as measles in Texas, influenza A/H5N1 and mpox — but did not answer other ...

Unconfirmed reports suggest that a popular flu vaccine educational campaign has come to an end. NPR reports that it has spoken with two anonymous sources at the CDC who claim that the agency has been ...

While the basic information about flu vaccination remains on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website ... the benefits of the flu vaccine, including the potential for less ...

Two U.S. government agencies that are key players in the World Health Organization-led process to select the flu viruses for next winter’s influenza ... to STAT. “CDC will be actively ...

“The laboratory services that support them doing diagnostics has been gutted. The influenza division at CDC, which tracks seasonal flu, has been gutted. The website has been profoundly altered ...

According to CDC data, more than 50,000 patients were hospitalized for influenza in the week ending February 8—the highest level recorded in 15 years. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been a ...