Health officials say the 2025-2026 flu season’s vaccine offered less protection than usual, as a mutated strain of influenza A dominated cases across the U.S. A strain known as H3N2 “subclade K” ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report March 12 on the effectiveness of the flu vaccine for the ...

The good news: As the weather is turning warmer, flu season is officially headed off a cliff. The bad news: The efficacy of ...

As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, with one of its worst ...

The 2025-26 flu season has been brutal, so far. At least 19 million Americans have had it, and it's not over yet. Flu season typically runs through May, so there’s still a good chance of getting the ...

Incentives to bring vaccines to market are shrinking. Drugmakers are scaling back research investments and cutting jobs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently informed Moderna that it would not review the company’s application for approval of its new flu vaccine, which is its first using mRNA technology ...

Flu and COVID-19 sign outside a clinic entrance. Every year, flu vaccines are updated to match the flu viruses expected to circulate. For 2026, the vaccine focuses on several influenza strains that ...

In early 2026, Moderna reported encouraging long-term data for its personalized cancer vaccine mRNA-4157 (V940) in high-risk melanoma, while the FDA granted expedited review and an August 5, 2026 ...

This year’s flu strain has been making headlines, and even the Association of American Medical Colleges has labeled it “fierce” and “brutal.” “Students just returned, and we know, based on historic ...

More than 100 children have died so far this season ...

Some public health officials say ICE activity and federal vaccine actions have caused confusion and fear, leading to fewer shots.