The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases ...

There are four infections that experts expect to start increasing during winter: colds, influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. All four fall under what are called influenza-like ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Now that the winter holiday season is upon us, gatherings and crowds are unavoidable — bringing with them increased risk of contracting the flu or the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Is it too late to get an influenza or COVID-19 shot? Although flu vaccines have been available for a bit now, there's still time if you haven't gotten one yet. Health officials recommend people get ...

Right now is a great time for people to get a flu shot, said Dr. Shirin Mazumder, an infectious disease doctor with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. “We’re heading into that ramp-up of the flu season, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — With National Flu Vaccination Week underway, Virginia health experts are urging residents to get ahead of what could become a busy and unpredictable respiratory virus season. As ...

A new mRNA vaccine against the flu has proven itself more effective than existing vaccines in a new clinical trial. The Pfizer-developed vaccine was found to be 34.5 percent more effective than ...