The increase in flu activity and pediatric deaths could be driven by lower vaccination coverage. As of April 26, national flu vaccination coverage for the 2024-25 season was 49.2% among children 6 ...

In New York, 26 children during the virulent 2024-2025 flu season had influenza-associated deaths. Nationally, there were more than 200 pediatric flu deaths that season as well. The state said ...

We, as a nation, recently experienced an influenza epidemic that was the worst in 15 years in my state of Ohio. Questions reminiscent of the pre-pandemic era have resurfaced. A hospital leader ...

What might become the world’s first-ever fungal vaccine, discovered by a team of researchers at the Valley Fever Center for Excellence in Tucson, is nearing the end of the long federal regulatory ...

The 2024 to 2025 influenza season had a high number of pediatric influenza-associated deaths, with a national rate of 3.8 deaths per 1 million children.

Here are the best ways to protect yourself from these viruses — and the No. 1 mistake people make when they fall ill. Respiratory viruses share many similar symptoms, making it difficult to tell them ...

Persistent racial differences in flu vaccination uptake are seen across ages and flu seasons, according to a study published in the Oct. 3 issue of Vaccine.

The CDC says 280 children died from the flu last year. That is the most since the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and 2010.