Flu shots save lives. Even if they don’t prevent infection completely, they reduce severe complications like hospitalization ...

The CDC recommends older adults and adults with certain chronic conditions get inoculated against influenza every year, but vaccine uptake is relatively low among racial and ethnic minorities that ...

Despite a relatively slow start to the flu season, U.S. schools are preparing for an increase in absences and sick children as a new variant gains momentum. The flu vaccine for the ...

Among 1,367 parents queried in a survey, 52 percent reported that their children had been vaccinated this flu season. Of those who did not vaccinate their children, 59 percent reported believing the ...

As we get deeper into flu season, a new type of the influenza virus has been identified, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

As influenza activity increases over the next two months before its expected peak in early spring, Oregon health officials on ...

Paediatric emergency medicine consultant Dr Julie-Ann Maney says it is a particularly virulent strain of influenza.