Amid a severe flu season, the CDC ends its universal flu shot recommendation for kids. Experts explain why this is dangerous ...

The same report quoted local mom Robin Rasch, who says she is sitting out the flu shot this year and instead doubling down on handwashing, hydration and home care. Houston Health Department director ...

Children are being hit hard by an early flu season this year. (Getty Images) The winter flu season is off to an early start in the UK, with health officials warning of a rise in cases — particularly ...

HOUSTON – Clinics, urgent cares, and emergency rooms are seeing more cases this season, and health experts say it’s shaping up to be one of the heavier flu years in recent memory. Dr. Linda Yancey, an ...

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

• During the 2015-16 season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the flu vaccine prevented 5 million cases of the flu, the same amount of people who fly through Denver ...

The new strain coupled with low vaccination rates so far this sick season has experts concerned about a rough winter ahead. A new variant of Influenza Type A, known as sublade K, is emerging this ...

Jeb Teichman’s phone rang just before midnight. As a pediatrician, he has received many late-night emergency calls. This time, the call was about his 29-year-old son. Brent Teichmanhad been suffering ...

Leading children’s doctors have implored parents to get their children the nasal spray that protects against flu amid concerns over a particularly bad flu season. Even previously healthy children can ...