Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who get a flu shot are less likely to become severely ill, be hospitalized or die. - Kylie Cooper/Reuters/File Flu is ...

According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most people should get the flu vaccine annually, beginning at 6 months old, in order to protect against becoming seriously ill, ...

The mutation of influenza A(H3N2) called subclade K is driving up infections across the country, including in New Jersey, where the season’s first pediatric flu death was reported Friday. The Centers ...

As influenza spreads through towns and cities in the DMV and beyond, so is vaccine hesitancy. Respiratory illness activity in D.C. is high, and in Maryland and Virginia, it is very high, according to ...

After the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.