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 ...

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 ...

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.

people who have gotten a flu shot are 50% less likely to get the flu or severe case of it. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC SHOW MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN SICK.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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).

“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.

A fever, cough, shortness of breath: This winter, it could be hard to tell which virus your child may be fighting – RSV, flu or COVID-19.