Flu vaccination campaigns such as the CDC’s Wild to Mild are designed to translate science into easily understood messages that help people make informed decisions about vaccination, said Jeff Goad, PharmD, MPH, president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), in an interview.

Just days after taking office, RFK Jr. has overseen major shifts at the CDC, including canceling a flu vaccination campaign and delaying a vaccine advisory meeting. The move comes as flu-related hospitalisations surge.

Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and professor at the University of Saskatchewan, told "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio that fewer people have gotten the flu vaccine this season.

Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and public health experts warn

All age groups in the United States are experiencing a "high severity" of influenza cases among all age groups for the first time since the 2017-18 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

The campaign’s end comes days after the Senate confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime skeptic of vaccines.

The winter flu season features two types of influenza. Here's what you need to know about them and how they differ.

The study provides growing evidence of the threat it poses even when cats have no direct exposure to sick dairy cows or poultry.