Variant NB.1.8.1 accounted for 0% of U.S. cases in April. By mid-June, it was estimated to be the cause of around 37% of ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative thimerosal ...

Some health experts point to fewer children getting their flu shots, and that could be just one factor in the increase of flu-related child deaths.CDC data shows that vaccination numbers have gone ...

About 55.4 percent of U.S. children between the ages of 6 months and 17 received at least one dose of the flu vaccine during the 2023-24 season, down from 57.4 percent in the 2022-23 season and ...

It's the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic. The CDC estimated overall at least 47 million illnesses, 610,000 hospitalizations and 26,000 deaths from flu so far this season.

Some health experts point to fewer children getting their flu shots, and that could be just one factor in the increase of flu-related child deaths. CDC data shows that vaccination numbers have ...

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 ...

In house cats, avian flu carries a 50% mortality risk, according to the CDC. Although not common in dogs, they can catch the virus, according to Amy Attas, VMD, of the American Kennel Club.

The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older get an annual flu vaccine. As of April 19, just 49 percent of children had received one, lower than last season at the same time, when 53 ...

NEW YORK — 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. The 216 pediatric deaths ...

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.