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

Flu vaccine makers may face a last-minute scramble to produce enough doses after an FDA advisory committee meeting was ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday abruptly and unexpectedly cancelled a planned March 13 vaccine advisory committee meeting that was to have chosen the flu strains in next year's U.S. flu ...

An FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting to discuss next season’s flu vaccine has been canceled, potentially delaying the ...

Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both ...

After speculation as to whether this year’s flu vaccine could be poorly matched to the current strain of flu, new Centers for ...

Recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data reports that the most recent flu shot may be a poor match for ...

The meeting cancellation came one day before the CDC issued its weekly MMWR report, a scientific update on the latest ...

Each year, flu vaccines are tailored to match the most prevalent virus strains expected to circulate. Without an official strain selection from the FDA, vaccine makers may be forced to rely solely on ...

A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in ...