It's flu vaccine time again. After last winter, when the U.S. saw the highest number of flu-related child deaths in 15 years, pediatricians are urging the public to get them.

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.

Persistent racial differences in flu vaccination uptake are seen across ages and flu seasons, according to a study published ...

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A growing sentiment of vaccine hesitancy across the United States contributed to only about 23% of adults getting the COVID shot between September 2024 and April.

As fewer kids get flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest ...

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Flu changes every year, so our vaccine has to change with it. Here’s the quick what-and-why behind the annual shot, how it’s picked, made, and when to get it. Here are a few questions about influenza ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a $50 million research effort through the National Institutes of Health to fund studies into possible causes of autism.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- If this year's flu season is anything like the one they're having in Australia, we could be in for a severe one. This winter, infectious disease experts say hundreds and likely ...