We are expecting another active season of respiratory virus transmission this fall and winter in the US,” says Erica Johnson, ...

Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for ...

The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...

A number of states are seeing a spike in hospital visits caused by respiratory illnesses as we enter the New Year.

The CDC says the seasonal flu vaccine will not protect against the bird flu. Still, the CDC recommends receiving the seasonal flu vaccine, especially for people who may be exposed to infected birds in ...

Other germs are being watched The CDC has been keeping its eye on a rise of illnesses from norovirus, a nasty stomach bug, ...

Some of the highest levels of influenza are now in Western states, several of which have already topped the peaks recorded during the worst of last winter's flu season. In Oregon, the CDC's data ...

The Delaware Department of Agriculture announced Friday morning a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has tested ...

The CDC map shows influenza is spreading too. While levels are moderate and low in Pennsylvania and Delaware, the flu is high in New Jersey. "I thought it was a sinus infection. I had no idea like ...