It may say spring on the calendar, but colds, flu and COVID are still making people ill. What you should know.

Just over half of U.S. adults (53%) say they’ve gotten neither the flu shot nor the updated COVID-19 vaccine since last ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its recommendations to vaccine makers on which virus strains to select when manufacturing influenza (flu) vaccines for the 2025-2026 U.S. flu ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming ...

According to the report, most flu statistics in the U.S. are trending up, including the positive flu infections (31.6%), the patients admitted to hospitals with the flu this week (48,661), and the ...

Almost 6 in 10 Americans who identify as Republican do not trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide reliable information on H5N1 bird flu, according to a new poll from ...

During the 2010-2011 to 2024-2025 influenza seasons, 9% of pediatric influenza-associated deaths had influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis (IAE).

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

If the FDA and CDC sit on their hands, next season the flu shot will be a lot more expensive, if you can find it at all. That’s a deadly proposition. News that federal health officials canceled ...

Noting that reports were received of children with influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a severe form of IAE, in late January 2025, Amara Fazal, MD, from the CDC in Atlanta ...

Preliminary data for 2024 to 2025, recorded by the CDC, reveals that 13% of pediatric deaths had influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis. HealthDay News — During the 2010-2011 to ...