Many kids are scared of getting needles, and this can stop them getting vaccinations that protect that against the flu. Less than 1 in 4 Australian children were vaccinated against influenza in 2025.

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

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 ...

New Hampshire is facing one of its sharpest flu surges in recent decades, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently classifying the state at a “very high” risk level for ...

The Food and Drug Administration will consider whether to approve Moderna’s new flu vaccine after all, resolving a dispute that had blocked the company’s application for the first-of-its-kind shot.

Update: The FDA reversed its decision on Feb. 18 and agreed to consider Moderna's application. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider a new mRNA flu vaccine made by Moderna, the company revealed in a statement on Tuesday. The vaccine uses mRNA to inoculate the ...

Many kids are scared of getting needles, and this can stop them getting vaccinations that protect that against the flu. Less than one in four Australian children were vaccinated against influenza in ...