The state's first pediatric flu death this season is one of 16 that have been reported nationwide. Respiratory virus activity ...

Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots.

The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...

H5 Influenza Vaccines: What Needs to Be Done to Reduce the Risk of a Pandemic Sep. 4, 2024 — As the global threat of H5N1 influenza looms with outbreaks across species and continents including ...

It's not too late to get a shot for influenza or COVID-19, both of which are expected to increase in the coming weeks.

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t ...

There have been 66 confirmed bird flu infections reported in the U.S. since the start of 2024, although most cases have been mild. It took over a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic before ...

Vaccine effectiveness of 52.8% seen for ED visits, 52.3% for noncritical hospitalization, 50.4% for critical hospitalization. HealthDay News — Influenza vaccine is effective for preventing ...

Elizabeth Govrik-McCoy, a public health specialist for the Minneapolis Health Department who helps run free vaccine clinics in the city, said the longstanding routine of getting a flu shot is not the ...

The updated COVID-19 vaccine comes at a time when people will be getting their annual flu shot. Wurtz said COVID-19 will be treated as a disease similar to the flu, in which the disease will become ...

Experts say there are about 400,000 vaccines in the federal vaccine stockpile in case there is evidence of transmission between humans. Schiff’s swearing-in sets record in U.S. Senate A ...