Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the department will cancel $500 million worth of contracts for vaccine projects ...

The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts note seasonal patterns may increase fall cases.

Scientists found in a new study that the bird flu was detected in the air of dairy farms, suggesting that both the cattle and ...

The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human ...

Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a rare brain ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services adopted a recommendation to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines, ...

The members of the CDC vaccine advisory committee HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed say the panel has “lost ...

The action will remove from use the very few flu shots that contain the contested preservative, elevating unproven fears it ...

The spokesperson said that surveillance, readiness and response for influenza – including H5N1 bird flu – will continue under the CDC’s influenza division and other appropriate agency programs.