To date, at least 296 people in Washington state have died of the flu since the fall. But it’s not too late to get the shot ...

Flu deaths in the U.S. reached a seven-year high in early 2025. Experts suggest vaccine hesitancy and the relaxation of ...

Unfortunately, as cases of measles mount and bird flu lurks on the fringes, infectious diseases aren’t likely to give us a break. This is what you get when you ask an anti-vaccine activist ...

In the case of the annual flu shot, they vote on which strains to include ... That’s why they look to the advisory committees to help give them advice and provide that information.” ...

The flu season lasts through spring. The flu vaccine does not give you the flu. It contains three inactive flu strains to fight infection. It tends to be between 19% and 60% effective each season.

Apathy about shots, diseases like flu may be just as big a threat to public health efforts as vaccine mistrust.

“Influenza vaccines aren’t perfect and to get the best influence vaccine each ... in the year to give manufacturers enough time to produce and distribute the necessary flu vaccines in the ...

Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for soaring egg prices.

Other types of flu shots are also being developed ... until March when the first larger studies should be coming out that give us more details.” The University of Minnesota’s Osterholm ...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration — now with vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm — unexpectedly and ...

Will vaccine makers turn to ... the administration's directive -- to give enough time to develop, test, and distribute vaccines in time for the start of flu season this September.

Give the agency its wish — let it know you want to protect yourselves, your family, and your community by keeping the flu shot and other crucial vaccines available and affordable. By autumn ...