After speculation as to whether this year’s flu vaccine could be poorly matched to the current strain of flu, new Centers for ...

Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both ...

“Findings in this report show that vaccination with the 2024–2025 influenza vaccine reduced the likelihood of medically attended influenza and support CDC’s recommendation that all persons aged ≥6 ...

In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in at least 15 years, with flu outpacing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Eggs are disappearing from store shelves due to shortages caused by the avian flu outbreak, but never fear — the eggs used to make the flu vaccine are safe.

The FDA canceled a meeting of vaccine advisors scheduled for next month to decide the composition of next season's influenza ...

Lab tests suggest a strain of the flu virus circulating this season may not be "well-recognized" by the flu vaccine.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, ...

Hospital visits for flu-like illness dropped about 9 percent last week from a week earlier, although the risk of serious flu complications remains high and there are only about 20,000 doses of ...

Zoetis initially got a contract to create a bird flu vaccine for chickens from the USDA’s National Veterinary Stockpile in 2016. As with a human flu vaccine, the company has had to keep updating ...

If we can use this knowledge to develop vaccines using the parts of the virus that T cells recognize, we might be able to protect ourselves from future flu mutations." Currently, human influenza ...

Is it too late to get a flu vaccine? Flu vaccination rates among the general population are at their lowest level in three years, according to CDC data. Among children, they’re at a six-year low.