Lab tests suggest a strain of the flu virus circulating this season may not be "well-recognized" by the flu vaccine.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating five hospitalizations that occurred in people who had recently received a vaccine that prevents disease caused by the chikungunya virus.
Do fully vaccinated adults ever need a booster vaccine? No. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers people who received two doses of measles vaccine as children according to the U.S.
The cancelation comes as the United States is in the midst of a particularly severe flu season. So far, there have been 86 deaths in children and 19,000 deaths in adults this season, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for next week — the first since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in — has been postponed,
The CDC's ad campaign on the flu vaccine is being halted in the middle of peak flu season. The move came during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first full week on the job as head of HHS. Drs. Omer Awan and Vin Gupta discuss.
Yes, seasonal flu shots are still available, and no, it’s not too late to get yours. But you’d be forgiven for being confused, because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has halted one of its educational flu vaccine campaigns.
A panel of experts advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines will not convene for its February meeting, Stat News reported on Thursday citing a senior federal official.