In a large study of 429,595 adults aged 65 years or older, adjuvanted and high-dose influenza vaccines showed no significant ...

Jesse Goodman, former director of CBER and former FDA chief scientist, calls for five critical changes to restore trust in ...

Working to help officials manage future public health emergencies, Carnegie Mellon University researchers want to forecast infectious disease outbreaks like meteorologists predict the weather. “Delphi ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CDC Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry about what role the CDC should play in helping Americans exposed to hantavirus.

Between 1993 and 2023, some 890 cases of hantavirus have been reported in the U.S., CDC data shows. Many have died.

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

A total 61.3% of nursing home residents and 42.1% of nursing home healthcare personnel (HCP) reported receiving the influenza vaccine during the 2024-2025 flu season, according to an April Morbidity ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the mandate “overreaching” in announcing the policy change. The vaccine will remain available to service members who want to be inoculated. By Greg Jaffe ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — This season’s influenza vaccine may have been less effective than last season’s, because it was not well matched against the flu strains in circulation, according to an analysis by ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is... Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, ...

POSTMARK. IF THEY NEED A DAY OF DATE STAMP. IN NEW MEXICO, THERE’S A SHARP RISE IN PEOPLE GETTING THE FLU, WITH CASES JUMPING TO ALMOST 26% THIS WEEK ALONE. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA FROM THE CDC, ...

Vaccine coverage for children declined by the age of 2 for eight vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new study. CDC researchers compared the percentage of children ...