Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH, was there when the CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) first came online in 1990, when the agency ...

FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- mRNA-1083 vaccine is noninferior and induces higher immune responses than recommended influenza and COVID-19 vaccines against several influenza strains and ...

WA has the lowest percentage of people under the age of 65 to have received the flu vaccination. Vaccine hesitancy has been blamed in part, following a 'tumultuous' COVID-19 period.

At least 216 children died of influenza in the United States this past flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the disease’s highest pediatric death toll in about 15 years.

With flu vaccination rates still low, experts stress that this year’s flu season could have dire consequences, especially for the elderly and young children. Despite being eligible for free flu ...

However, that is more than is 2020-21, when it was 0.3 per 100,000. The CDC continues to recommend that everyone ages 6 months and older get an annual flu vaccine. Childhood vaccinations in general ...

The $176 million investment in Moderna will go toward expediting the creation of a pandemic influenza vaccine that can be used to combat potential bird flu infections in humans. HealthDay News — On ...

Recently, there have been several human cases of bird flu within U.S. dairy and poultry workers. Currently, the CDC is utilizing flu surveillance systems to monitor avian influenza in people.

More children have died this flu season in the U.S. than in any previous flu season over the last 15 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed. The CDC reported there ...

The flu vaccination rate for U.S. children has decreased from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season. AP The CDC report did not say how many of the children who died were vaccinated.