With winter just around the corner, now is the perfect time to get vaccinated against seasonal flu and other viruses.

If you missed the early fall push for flu and COVID-19 vaccines, it's not too late. Health officials say it's important to get vaccinated ahead of the holidays, when respiratory bugs tend to spread ...

You want the strongest, longest protection. An infectious disease M.D. names the ideal window for your seasonal vaccines, ...

An mRNA-based flu shot could make a huge difference in flu prevention, allowing scientists to pick a better strain match.

The leading reason people over 50 gave for not getting updated vaccines? They didn't think they needed them. In all, 28% of people over 50 who didn't get a flu vaccine in the past six months, and 29% ...

National Poll on Healthy Aging data from adults age 50 and over who replied to a poll in late December 2025 and early January 2026 saying that they had not received a flu vaccination in the last 6 ...

It may be spring, but virus season isn’t over yet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Flu and Covid, including a new variant called BA ...

Every year, flu vaccines are updated to match the flu viruses expected to circulate. For 2026, the vaccine focuses on several influenza strains that research predicts will be most prevalent. This ...

COVID taught Massachusetts residents plenty of lessons. One of them, it appears, was the value of getting vaccinated against other respiratory viruses, like the flu. During the COVID pandemic, the ...