Vaccine effectiveness varied across different age demographics and virus strains, offering the highest protection against influenza B and among children and adolescents during the 2024-2025 season, ...

A meta-analysis indicates HD-IIV is superior to SD-IIV for reducing hospitalizations in adults aged 65 years and older.

An airman receives an influenza vaccine from a hospitalman on Nov. 20, 2020, in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean. (Ellen E. Sharkey/U.S. Navy) The Pentagon ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine Thursday, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Moderna is seeking Food ...

Flu shots reduce hospitalizations and deaths for the roughly one billion people worldwide that get the flu each year. But they are less effective when the vaccine strains don’t closely match the ...

Influenza is a seasonal condition that causes coughing, sneezing, mild fever and aches in most cases. However, it can sometimes take a serious turn, leading to hospitalization, especially for young ...

The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the UK. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird flu infections in humans. The vaccine targets the H5N1 flu strain, which ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced the military is doing away with a longstanding vaccination policy that required service members to receive the flu shot. In a video post on X on April 21, Hegseth ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing “medical autonomy” and religious freedom.

The Pentagon is ending mandatory flu vaccines for service members, phrasing the change as giving troops “medical autonomy” and “freedom to express their religious convictions,” Defense Secretary Pete ...

The flu vaccine has been required annually for U.S. military personnel since the 1950s. (Senior Airman Andrew Garavito/U.S. Air Force) The U.S. military will no longer require service members to get ...

The military will no longer require U.S. troops to receive the annual flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, rolling back what he described as an “overly broad” mandate that had ...