Earlier this summer the FDA asked Moderna for more efficacy data on its flu vaccine before it could review an mRNA-based ...

Compared to the standard shot, the mRNA vaccine had an overall vaccine efficacy that was 26.6 percent higher, and 27.4 ...

There was an overall decrease in influenza vaccine uptake among U.S. adults from 2020 to 2024, according to a study published ...

No, the flu shot doesn't make you sick. “When the mom gets [the shot] the antibodies that she makes from that will get passed on to the baby in utero,” Dr. Pate says.

Depending on the flu season in the U.S, the CDC estimates the virus causes: 9 million to 40 million cases. 140,000 to 710,000 hospitalizations. 12,000 to 52,00 deaths. COVID-19: First discovered ...

The flu vaccine contains an inactivated virus, which means that you cannot actually get the flu infection from the shot. However, there are possible, mild side effects from the shot, including ...

4. The flu vaccine isn’t very effective anyway. The effectiveness of the flu vaccine varies from year to year depending on how closely we’ve guessed the strains, but we won’t know the effectiveness of ...

Their new vaccine wouldn't save us from needing an annual flu shot. But if it proves out, it could protect against never-before-seen strains of influenza that could cause a pandemic.

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

A CDC panel’s vote to stop recommending thimerosal-containing flu shots would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the anti-vaccine movement is achieving its goals.