A CDC panel recommended against flu vaccines with thimerosal, a preservative falsely linked to autism. Experts warn the decision may raise vaccine costs unnecessarily.

New CDC research suggests the H5N1 avian influenza virus that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker can be transmitted through the air. The revelation, the study's authors wrote, suggests "an ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s new vaccine advisory committee is meeting for a second day in a row. On Thursday, the committee is discussing fall flu vaccines and thimerosal, a ...

COVID-19 remains a public health threat, resulting in 32,000 to 51,000 U.S. deaths and more than 250,000 hospitalizations since last fall, according to the CDC.

The bird flu virus hasn’t caused severe disease in any of the workers, hasn't been transmitted without symptoms and hasn't developed the ability to jump from person to person, said Shah, of CDC.

A fourth person has been infected with bird flu this year as an outbreak among dairy cows continues across the U.S., federal health officials announced Wednesday. The four people who contracted ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet next week. Their agenda suggests they’ll skip some expected topics, including a vote on COVID-19 shots. But they will ...