This year’s influenza virus has been dubbed the “super flu” for how quickly it’s spreading — and how hard it’s hitting. In fact, infections have broken records in New York, with 71,123 positive flu ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A severe and early flu surge this winter, driven by a dangerous ...

Older adults who face the highest rates of flu hospitalization moved one step closer to a new vaccine option on June 18, 2026, when a federal advisory panel unanimously backed Moderna’s mRNA-based ...

Some surveys have shown that nearly 30% of people believe getting a flu shot can actually cause influenza. This belief is likely due to common side effects linked to the vaccine, including headache, ...

The Pentagon is allowing the military services to implement exceptions to the Defense Department’s voluntary flu vaccine policy.

The flu bug began spreading among Air Force basic training recruits in May. At the peak, 284 were sick and six were ...

The commission said it was concerned the company’s campaign to promote its Efluelda flu vaccine might amount to anticompetitive disparagement, portraying a rival shot as inferior to its own.

A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.

Teenager Kaydin Baldwin spent more than 100 days in the hospital after the flu caused her to become critically ill. She ...