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 ...

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 ...

The CDC panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...

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

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 ...

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled back a public health campaign promoting the flu vaccine as cases of the ...

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 ...

Two types of influenza viruses are responsible for seasonal flu outbreaks: Influenza A and B. Influenza A accounts for around 75 percent of all cases and tends to cause more severe illness in adults.

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 ...