This year’s doses protect against three strains of influenza, including two types of influenza A and one type of influenza B.

Parents are being encouraged to get their toddlers involved in a new clinical trial aimed at helping lower the age of flu vaccine eligibility from two-years-old to one. FluSNIFF is being led by ...

Washington — It’s time to get a flu vaccine, and pediatricians are urging people to get them after last winter, when the U.S. saw the most flu-related child deaths in 15 years. October is the ideal ...

Hospitals around the state are seeing a spike in serious respiratory illnesses, and doctors say it’s happening earlier than usual. From RSV to the flu, children’s ...

A clinician displays a flu vaccine in Seattle on Sept. 10. (Lindsey Wasson/AP) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges. Click here ...

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With the flu season upon us, the number of deaths among children is hitting historic highs. According to the CDC, 280 children in the United States have died from influenza last flu season. It's the ...

Libby Richards has received funding from the American Nurses Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute . As the autumn’s cool weather ...

After a rough, record-setting flu season, doctors and health officials are bracing for another wave of fever, misery and respiratory distress. In the U.K., health officials are warning about an early ...

Valerie Brickey went to three pharmacies and her regular pediatrician in late September in an effort to find a Covid-19 vaccine for her 16-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh. Both Brickey and her ...

CHEROKEE AND FANNIN COUNTIES — Drive-thru flu shot clinics are returning to Cherokee and Fannin counties Tuesday, offering residents a convenient way to get vaccinated against the flu without leaving ...

It's officially fall, which means respiratory virus season is right around the corner, and it's now the best time to get your flu shot, the most effective way to protect yourself against influenza ...