Two flu vaccines are FDA-approved exclusively for people 65 and older, who are at higher risk of severe infection.

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the CDC are urging people to get flu shots. Both groups say the flu is likely to come back after a two-year hiatus, and it could be a bad year.

So far this fall, the CDC estimates at least 780,000 flu illnesses, at least 8,000 hospitalizations and at least 490 flu-related deaths — including at least one child.

Flu activity in many parts of the U.S. is starting to rise more rapidly, signaling that flu season is on the horizon, the CDC reported Friday.

Before this flu season, the CDC recommended that those who had experienced signs of a severe egg allergy should receive a flu vaccine "in an inpatient or outpatient medical setting." ...

If taking charge of your health is among your New Year’s resolutions, you might consider getting your 2024–25 seasonal ...

The CDC estimates that there have been at least 880,000 flu illnesses, 6,900 flu-related hospitalizations, and 360 flu-related deaths this season. The first flu-related pediatric death of the ...

Flu season is starting to take hold across the country, and U.S. health officials are urging everyone who hasn’t gotten a flu shot yet to get one now. “Flu activity is still pretty low, but it ...

The 2022-23 flu season was more ... that flu vaccination can offer substantial benefit against flu and its potentially serious complications,” the CDC says on its website. “While flu activity ...

According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report called Fluview, this season has had at least 880,000 flu illnesses, 6,900 ...

Yet while we may be well into the flu season at the moment, it is still not too late to get a flu vaccine according to the CDC, which states that "even if you are not able to get vaccinated until ...

Flu shot provided ‘substantial protection’ this season, CDC says By ... care visits and hospitalization during the 2021-2022 season. The 2022-23 flu season was more severe and ...