The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) had been scheduled to meet to discuss the strains ...

The CDC has issued interim effectiveness estimates for the 2024-2025 seasonal influenza and 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines.

The recommendations were made in a closed session with representatives from CBER, the CDC and Department of Defense.

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection ...

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

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 ...

So far this season, the vaccine's protection against flu hospitalization was at least 63% for children and at least 41% for adults. These estimates of effectiveness against hospitalization, released ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its advisory committee’s recommendations on strains to include for the ...

The number of influenza cases is surging across the United States, putting significant strain on many hospitals. We asked the ...

Influenza infections are outpacing COVID-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic. Here are the best ways to stay ...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration took part in a World Health ...