It’s officially fall and that means cold and flu season is here. According to the CDC, Flu activity begins to increase in ...

Flu vaccine as high as 59% effective for children 6 months to 8 years old: CDC The flu and pneumonia are now killing nearly 4,000 Americans each week, according to health official ...

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The newly appointed vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met Wednesday for the first time to review upcoming immunization recommendations.

The flu vaccination rate for U.S. children has decreased from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season. AP The CDC report did not say how many of the children who died were vaccinated. The ...

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.

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said 216 pediatric deaths already ...

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years ... FILE – A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

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.

CDC officials have described it as “ highly severe,” and estimate that so far there have been at least 47 million illnesses, 610,000 hospitalizations, and 26,000 deaths this season.

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.