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Trump’s health secretary has halted federal flu vaccine promotions, citing personal beliefs about vaccine risks.

Washington hospitals and health care facilities are seeing more people come in with flu symptoms.

Vaccine maker Moderna says the Food and Drug Administration will decide whether to approve its new flu shot for older adults ...

Moderna held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.

The FDA has set a deadline of August to decide on whether to approve the vaccine. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

LONG BEACH, CA, UNITED STATES, February 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SCAN Health Plan (SCAN), one of the nation’s ...

The Food and Drug Administration's about-face comes a little more than a week after the agency refused to consider the ...

The United States and Iran will hold their next round of nuclear talks Thursday in Geneva, a facilitator said Sunday, as the ...

WASHINGTON, DC-The United States has recorded at least 18 million influenza illnesses, 230,000 hospitalizations and 9,300 deaths so far during the current flu season, according to the latest estimates ...

Following a state alert from Arkansas agriculture and health agencies, many chicken farmers in the region are increasing their biosecurity against statewide cases of bird flu.