In general, VRBPAC almost always recommends the same influenza strains as the World Health Organization (WHO) for egg-based ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be ...

Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses and the Trump ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming ...

The CDC has issued interim effectiveness estimates for the 2024-2025 seasonal influenza and 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines.

The U.S. FDA issues flu vaccine strain recommendations for 2025-2026 on its own without advisory input. Read more here.

Oregon's 2024-25 flu season is the worst since the Oregon Health Authority began tracking the virus 15 years ago, officials ...

The recommendations were made in a closed session with representatives from CBER, the CDC and Department of Defense.

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

There has long been guidance for those with egg allergies to avoid the flu shot because of egg proteins in the shot.

The FDA is recommending that flu vaccines for the 2025-26 season be trivalent, protecting against two strains of influenza A and one of influenza B. “The FDA anticipates that there will be an ...