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The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the ...

Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses and the Trump ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming ...

The U.S. FDA issues flu vaccine strain recommendations for 2025-2026 on its own without advisory input. Read more here.

The recommendations were made in a closed session with representatives from CBER, the CDC and Department of Defense.

Key among the interventions recommended is increasing awareness on vaccination for influenza; in fact, people of all ages will benefit from a periodic shot of the updated flu vaccine. While ...

There has long been guidance for those with egg allergies to avoid the flu shot because of egg proteins in the shot.

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After the FDA canceled a key advisory meeting, government doctors stepped in to propose a trivalent flu vaccine for the ...

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 becomes an ...