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

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

Scientists at Cornell University have developed a new type of vaccine that may provide stronger and longer-lasting protection ...

Traditionally the recommendations have been voted on by an advisory committee, but the agency made the decision on its own ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to know why the country’s new Health Department secretary has cancelled vaccine-related advisory committee meetings that were scheduled to determine ...

As the flu spreads rapidly, Kaitlyn Covert, 19, is begging people to get their flu shot after the virus nearly killed her.

Every child who is 6 months or older should get an annual flu shot. Babies and older children are at especially high risk of ...

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 becomes an ...

COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

The Food and Drug Administration canceled a meeting to update on influenza vaccines. The annual meeting cancellation came in late February. One key determination is figuring out which strain of the ...

Cornell researchers have developed a stable, multi-target vaccine offering long-lasting protection against COVID-19 and influenza, with promising results in mice. Cornell University researchers have ...

This flu season has been a difficult one. Not only are a lot of people getting sick, but more people are getting very sick ...