The city will soon require some 150,000 children who go to preschool or day care to get flu shots. The Board of Health voted Wednesday for the mandatory vaccine for children under 6, but parents ma… ...

American Family Care (AFC) is offering military veterans free flu shots on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11. Veterans interested in obtaining a free flu shot are encouraged to visit AFCUrgentCare ...

Some health care workers say mandates requiring them to get flu shots violate their rights. But they don't have the right to infect and kill their patients, writes Art Caplan, Ph.D.

Thermometers at day care centers? The government is urging the nation's 360,000 child care providers to be vigilant about sending home children who may have the flu - and the main symptom to check ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For parents who are unsure about whether to get their child a flu vaccine this year, we spoke to the experts. If the child is 6 months old or older, the answer is “yes ...

Researchers found a 32% vaccine uptake in patients who were asked if they'd be interested in getting the flu shot and told their health providers would be informed.

News 6 and AdventHealth Centra Care are teaming up once again to offer free flu shots in Central Florida. ... WKMG-TV, Centra Care to provide free flu shots. Here’s when and where.

Ferrets play in a "day care" at the University of Pittsburgh to simulate transmission of flu viruses among kids. Courtesy of Seema Lakdawala (Emory University) and Nicole Rockey (Duke University).

Ohio has had its first pediatric flu death involving a child under 18, the state's Department of Health announced Friday amid the worst flu season the United States and the Buckeye State have seen ...

“I’ve taken care of kids who have ultimately died from flu. And almost universally, their parents tell me, ‘I had no idea that flu could do this to my child,’” Dr. Kristina Bryant said.

The flu vaccine is specifically designed to protect people against influenza, according to Blumberg. If you’re seeing protection from RSV or COVID-19, you should get those vaccines too, he said.

Investigators in the study created flu vaccine messaging – including a brief video, flyer and a scripted health provider question, “Would you be willing to accept the influenza vaccine?” – and ...