Flu season is about to start, and public health officials are worried that their recommendation earlier this year to avoid using the nasal spray version of the annual vaccine will result in ...

With flu season quickly approaching here in the U.S., a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed new information on this year’s flu vaccine. Each year ...

"Commonly, it's been closer to 60 percent," said Brendan Flannery, an epidemiologist at the CDC's influenza division, who said this year's figure is nearly the lowest the agency has seen during ...

This season's influenza ... the CDC's scientists test a sample of flu viruses collected from labs around the country against strains that health authorities had picked out for use in the latest ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wants to reset expectations for flu vaccines to correct falling uptake. After tracking declines in vaccine use in pregnant people and children ...

it can help the Northern Hemisphere plan contingencies for vaccination demand and use,” the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report stated. “These data suggest that influenza vaccine ...

The 45% number came from a report released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This report indicated that so far the flu vaccine has been an estimated 45% effective ...