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 ...

Although a flu shot doesn’t guarantee one won’t catch the flu, the vaccine still counts as one of the most effective ...

A CDC advisory has recommended to ban the use of thimerosal in flu shots despite no evidence that it causes any harm.

A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...

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

This past flu season was the deadliest for U.S. children in more than two decades. And there’s one heartbreaking number that doctors say should never have happened.

Among children nationwide who were eligible for flu vaccination and with known vaccine status, 90% of the reported U.S. pediatric flu deaths in the ongoing 2024-2025 season — compared to 82% ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), recently remade by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Hand‑picked CDC panel endorses flu shots for all but recommends avoiding thimerosal vials—a win for skeptics that may affect ...

The votes on vaccine recommendations are the first move by the panel after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said Thursday that the U.S. should not administer ...

U-S died from influenza this past flu season. 89-percent of the kids who died... and were eligible to get the vaccine... were ...