Compared to the standard shot, the mRNA vaccine had an overall vaccine efficacy that was 26.6 percent higher, and 27.4 ...

Flu vaccines really do prevent the flu in infants, children, and adults. WebMD explains the reasons to get a flu shot each year, what kind to get, and who shouldn’t get one.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued new vaccine recommendations affecting RSV and flu ...

Flu shot season is upon us. Pharmacies began giving out the vaccines — which are recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older — last month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Myth: The flu shot can give you the flu. This is a persistent myth, and it’s just plain wrong. Flu shots do not contain fully functioning flu viruses.

Moderna on Monday said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response than a currently available shot in a late-stage trial, clearing a path forward for the product and ...

Flu shots will help farmworkers avoid illness and prevent the virus from combining with deadlier H5N1 bird flu. ... The best way to stop bird flu? Give farmworkers annual flu shots, CDC says.

The vaccine doesn’t prevent all seasonal flu infections but reduces the most serious effects of an illness that killed about 45,000 people last season and sends hundreds of thousands to the ...

Dr. Levi and Vicky Pebsworth, a nurse affiliated with an anti-vaccine group, voted against recommending clesrovimab; the ...

FluMist vaccine vs. flu shot The FluMist vaccine, manufactured by AstraZeneca, was approved in 2003 for health care providers to give patients, but the method has gotten renewed attention due to a ...

How long do flu shot side effects last? ... The flu shot can’t actually give you the flu—ever—no matter the circumstances. It’s literally one of the biggest myths out there.