This season's influenza vaccine may have been a poor match to a strain of the flu virus that caused many infections this winter, early data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, the adjusted flu vaccine effectiveness rates against outpatient visits and hospitalizations were 50.4% and 49.7%. Only 21.3% of flu outpatients and 15.9% of hospitalized ...

The best way to prevent the flu and serious complications is by getting a flu vaccination every season. When you get your shot is an important factor as well. Influenza vaccine guidelines from the ...

This influenza season is gearing up to be "heavy" again, based on forecasts from other countries and the growing number of people refusing to get a flu shot, Long Island infectious disease experts ...