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 ...

Influenza virus detections are rising in the U.S., according to health officials. In a weekly influenza surveillance report ending on Dec. 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

And for those who may be spooked by needles, the CDC advises that "healthy non-pregnant persons aged 2 through 49 years may alternatively receive 0.2 mL of [Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine], 0.1 ...

CDC Predicts Flu Vaccine Will Be More Effective Than Last Year. Last year's vaccine was less effective after a flu strain mutated. By ABC News. September 18, 2015, 11:26 AM. 0:12.

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 flu shot provided "substantial protection" for all age groups, including elderly and immunocompromised populations, during this influenza season, the Center for Disease Control reported Wednesday.

CDC and drugmakers boost flu vaccine doses amid fears of an unprecedented respiratory illness season. Experts are girding for coronavirus and influenza hitting at the same time.

This season’s influenza shots have so far been 42 percent effective, which is consistent with recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week. The CDC’s ...