A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

A federal vaccine panel recently reshaped by US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has voted to discourage the use of ...

A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing ...

A CDC panel’s vote to stop recommending thimerosal-containing flu shots would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the ...

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative thimerosal ...

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 16 randomised clinical trials comparing inactivated high-dose (60 µg haemagglutinin antigen load per strain) and standard-dose (15 µg haemagglutinin antigen ...

Combining coffee with cold and flu medications can increase stimulant effects, leading to jitteriness, insomnia, or a racing heart, especially if the medications already contain caffeine. Taking ...

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy worker in May 2024 is capable of airborne transmission, according to new research from the CDC.

Brazil, the world's top exporter of chicken meat, has suspended its shipments to more than 20 countries due to an avian flu outbreak that began in mid-May.. Brasilia's zoo closed on May 28 after ...

Drug-induced liver injury cases are increasing, with common medications and supplements posing hidden dangers, especially for vulnerable populations.

Bird flu was recently detected at a poultry farm in Maricopa County. This marks the third time bird flu has been detected in Arizona this year.