FDA, Influenza vaccine and flu

FDA issues flu vaccine recommendations for 2025-26 season
The Food and Drug Administration has issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine advisers.
After canceling meeting of independent advisers, FDA issues 2025-26 flu vaccine recommendations
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine advisers.
FDA Makes Flu Vaccine Recommendations Without Convening Advisors
The recommendations were made in a closed session with representatives from CBER, the CDC and Department of Defense.
Government panel steps in after FDA cancels advisory meeting on flu shot recommendations
After the FDA canceled a key advisory meeting, government doctors stepped in to propose a trivalent flu vaccine for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
FDA issues flu vaccine recommendations without AdCom input
The U.S. FDA issues flu vaccine strain recommendations for 2025-2026 on its own without advisory input. Read more here.
Could flu shot supply fall short this year? FDA's canceled meeting sparks worries
Flu vaccine makers may face a last-minute scramble to produce enough doses after an FDA advisory committee meeting was abruptly canceled.
US FDA Makes Recommendations for Influenza Vaccines to Manufacturers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be used in influenza vaccines for the 2025-2026 flu season in the United States.
In quest to construct a better flu shot, scientists zero in on tiny flu protein shaped like a mushroom
Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...
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Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a Decade
It’s not totally clear why flu is hitting so hard this year. One possibility is that it got off to a late start, so the ...
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A new vaccine could offer better protection against COVID-19 and flu
Scientists at Cornell University have developed a new type of vaccine that may provide stronger and longer-lasting protection ...
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Officials say the recent flu shot may be a poor match for this year's flu strain
Recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data reports that the most recent flu shot may be a poor match for ...
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The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History
COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.
CDC estimates flu vaccine effectiveness as cases slam the region
After speculation as to whether this year’s flu vaccine could be poorly matched to the current strain of flu, new Centers for ...