As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well. It had one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade.

As flu cases are surging across the United States, here's what to know about whether or not you can still get the vaccine.

FDA advisers recommend fall flu shot changes to include the new subclade K H3N2 variant for the 2026-27 season, improving vaccine relevance.

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classifies the current flu season as “moderate,” at least 90 children have already died of influenza. Among the children who died and were ...

The US FDA’s vaccine advisors have recommended that three new influenza strains be included in next winter’s influenza vaccine, aiming in part to tamp down illness caused by subclade K, a mutated form ...

While current flu shots need to be updated each season, scientists are finding new ways to make vaccine that could last much longer and cover more strains.

With the reversal from the FDA, Moderna said it is aiming to make the vaccine available for the 2026-27 flu season.

WHO recommends strains 2026 for Northern Hemisphere flu vaccines, updating all three viral strains to improve protection against emerging variants.

Viral mismatch between circulating strains and vaccine may have weighed down effectiveness ...

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 ...

CDC data suggest adult vaccination rates are up slightly this season, to 46.5%. An estimated 48% of U.S. kids were vaccinated ...

The University of North Dakota is in the "home stretch" as influenza cases wind down, according to UND's medical director of Student Health Services. Laura Morgan said UND ...