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anti-vaccine After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate The new ACIP agenda includes MMRV and thimerosal-containing flu vaccines.
Mum’s warning as flu cases surge Hannah Casey couldn’t get out of bed for a week when she was struck down with the flu while pregnant with her fourth child. ALL YOUR FLU QUESTIONS ANSWERED ...
‘Hidden risk’ of widely-used prescription drugs — you’re more likely to get the flu and Covid while on them By Diana Bruk Published May 27, 2025, 4:32 p.m. ET ...
H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect other animals ...
This year's flu season has become the state's deadliest in nearly a decade, with at least 388 deaths so far. Meanwhile, flu vaccine rates lag.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has repeatedly suggested that farmers should let bird flu spread through flocks. Experts explain why that’s a dangerous idea ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip. Instead of culling birds when the ...
Swine flu (H1N1) cases in India are rising sharply, with over 20,414 infections and 347 deaths reported as of December 2024. Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtr ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that the current flu season has resulted in at least 33 million illnesses, 430,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths as of Feb ...
How to protect cats from bird flu Both cats and dogs can get bird flu, and there have been about 100 documented cases in cats nationwide and 10 in Colorado in 2024 and 2025, according to USDA data.
A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season’s flu shot has been canceled, a panel member said Wednesday.
The meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, is held every March “to pick flu strains, because it’s a six-month production cycle for a vaccine ...