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Summer is soon coming to an end, and health officials are planning ahead for flu season. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made its annual flu shot recommendations for ...
A new report from the CDC has found that this year's flu vaccine showed a lower efficacy rate at preventing hospitalizations than last year's.
The timing and sequence will vary depending on what vaccine you’ve had before. Where Do You Get a Flu Shot? The CDC offers an online flu shot clinic locator.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued new vaccine recommendations affecting RSV and flu immunizations in 2025. The panel voted to expand RSV protection for infants ...
Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” — which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu ...
The seeming disappearance of a recent flu vaccination campaign may portend changes in future campaigns.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the removal of the preservative thimerosal in seasonal influenza vaccines at their meeting.
As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.
A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a discussion and vote on ...
A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) vaccine panel is recommending a fall flu vaccine, but one that doesn’t contain a key preservative. It’s a move that has some doctors scratching their heads ...
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, but one pediatric infectious diseases specialist says a big ...
More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.