Flu activity remains elevated nationally but has decreased for two consecutive weeks as of Feb. 22, the CDC announced. Advertisement "Data to date suggests the [flu] season has peaked," the CDC said.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention killed a campaign promoting seasonal flu shots and canceled a major conference with virus experts just days after outspoken vaccine skeptic Robert F.

While the basic information about flu vaccination remains on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, information campaigns that promoted flu vaccination to the general public ...

Though flu activity has gone down, the CDC expects several more weeks of influenza. Data suggests the season has peaked, but flu-related medical visits, hospitalizations and deaths remain elevated.

Almost 6 in 10 Americans who identify as Republican do not trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide reliable information on H5N1 bird flu, according to a new poll from ...

Requests for comment to the CDC and HHS were not immediately returned. The campaign sought to "reset public expectations around what a flu vaccine can do in the event that it does not entirely ...

And this year is brutal," said LaPook. Every season, the CDC's scientists test a sample of flu viruses collected from labs around the country against strains that health authorities had picked out ...

The campaign sought to "reset public expectations around what a flu vaccine can do in the event that it does not entirely prevent illness," according to the CDC's webpage describing the launch of ...

Advertisement There have also been 16,000 deaths caused by the flu, the CDC says. "Just recently, for the first time this year, flu deaths have surpassed COVID deaths," Dr. Lauren Siewny ...

The 2024-25 flu season was classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a "high" severity season overall and for all age groups, making it the first high severity season ...