The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has merged H5N1 bird flu updates with routine updates for seasonal ...

An influential vaccine advisory panel made up of allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voted to recommend against the use of ...

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 ...

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.

CDC officials have information about underlying conditions on nearly 5,200 adults who were hospitalized with flu this season, and 95% had at least one existing health problem. But among 2,000 ...

Neither the statements nor the fact sheet addressed cuts to the bird flu response. Other changes: Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap ...

Potential benefits and consequences In response to questions about cuts to FDA, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson referred to public statements and a fact sheet from the ...

Summer is soon coming to an end, and health officials are planning ahead for flu season. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made its annual flu shot recommendations for ...

Since the start of October, the CDC estimates there have been at least 40 million influenza illnesses, 520,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths during this flu cycle.

Since the start of October, the CDC estimates there have been at least 33 million influenza illnesses, 480,000 hospitalizations and 21,000 deaths during this flu cycle.

According to the data, the cumulative hospitalization rate of flu in people over the age of 65 was 310.3 individuals per 100,000 older adults. It was the highest rate among other age groups studied.