Providing seasonal flu shots for these workers benefits them in the short-term but also helps establish a trusting relationship in case there's a more serious outbreak in the future, he said.

The CDC funding a $5 million program to vaccinate livestock industry workers against seasonal flu in a bid to reduce the pandemic risk posed by the ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cattle.

Moderna said Wednesday that its experimental mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine generated a stronger immune response against four strains of the flu virus than a currently marketed vaccine in a Phase ...

The vaccine panel hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted ...

Providing seasonal flu shots for these workers benefits them in the short-term but also helps establish a trusting relationship in case there's a more serious outbreak in the future, he said.

Seasonal flu shots do not protect against bird flu. But they might reduce coinfections, he said. The CDC is also discussing the possibility of offering some farmworkers the antiviral medication ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems might be primed to fend off a worse case, research finds.

Under President Trump, the Food and Drug Administration may no longer approve seasonal COVID-19 vaccines updated for the virus variants circulating that year, according to recent statements by ...

The biggest advantage of producing mRNA flu shots doesn’t relate to seasonal vaccine supplies, however. Where this technology would really shine would be in the event of a flu pandemic.

Roughly 1 in 5 unvaccinated people had the flu between 2006 and 2011, but only a quarter of them had symptoms, a study found. That could affect how the virus spreads.