Amid the sultry summer months, a few signs of fall become apparent, such as the appearance of school supplies on stores ...

Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson ...

The CDC is ending its emergency response to bird flu, citing a significant drop in cases between February and July.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop ...

It’s officially fall and that means cold and flu season is here. According to the CDC, Flu activity begins to increase in October and often peaks between December and January. Here are a few habits ...

Mercury-based preservative thimerosal is in the spotlight, as a CDC committee votes to recommend single-dose flu vaccines without the controversial ingredient for all age groups.

A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound used as a preservative in vaccines and other drugs. Doctors and ...

In today’s Health Alert, a major change in flu vaccine guidance. The new CDC advisory panel is recommending that most Americans avoid shots containing a mercury-based preservative.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should only ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), recently remade by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted Thursday in favor of only recommending flu shots that do… ...