We usually have to wait until winter approaches before we see an increase in cases of influenza, or the flu. But we have ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — This season’s influenza vaccine may have been less effective than last season’s, because it was not well ...

Despite reassuring vaccine effectiveness data, uptake has remained low ...

As this year’s flu season winds down, new research offers an important takeaway for parents. The flu shot helped protect kids ...

Beautiful colors and cooler temperatures are some of the anticipated joys of fall. Yet they are also a signal that it's the time of year to prepare our families for the inevitable flu season, which ...

State governments are rolling out a needle-free vaccine in time for this year’s flu season. Here’s who can access the nasal spray.

Two-thirds of children are terrified of needles. From Tuesday, they won’t need one to be protected from the flu.

Another child under 5 years old has died from the flu, state health officials confirmed, marking the third pediatric death attributed to the respiratory virus this season. The child, from the northern ...

Dr. Michael Calderwood, an epidemiologist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, said this flu season has been ...