Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The CDC panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...

Although a flu shot doesn’t guarantee one won’t catch the flu, the vaccine still counts as one of the most effective ...

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the nation, the numbers show.

The vaccine panel hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted ...

Doctor fears "vaccine hesitancy" is contributing to worst flu season in 15 years 04:14. Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu ...

Flu activity remains elevated nationally but has decreased for two consecutive weeks as of Feb. 22, the CDC announced. "Data to date suggests the [flu] season has peaked," the CDC said.

The CDC also recommends vaccination "as long as flu viruses pose a threat." The report says the start, peak and decline of each flu season cannot be predicted and the ideal time to start ...

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died. Here's the symptoms.

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 ...

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.