Flu season is just around the corner, and the nation's pharmacy chains have started offering this year's flu shot.

The approval of the new nasal spray comes ahead of this year's influenza season in hopes to prevent the unusually high ...

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The FDA has approved the first at-home nasal spray flu vaccine, FluMist, allowing Americans to receive flu protection without ...

Getting the flu is more than just uncomfortable—it can actually cause serious health complications (and even death) for older ...

AstraZeneca’s FluMist Home program officially launches today, sending nasal flu vaccines straight to people’s homes. FluMist ...

AstraZeneca’s FluMist, the only nasal spray flu vaccine in the US that has been approved by the US Food and Drug ...

CDC officials have information about underlying conditions on nearly 5,200 adults who were hospitalized with flu this season, and 95% had at least one existing health problem.

People in 34 states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, can now give themselves the flu vaccine in their living rooms – ...

"This is the latest start to a flu season in the past 29 years," said Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of the influenza division at the CDC's Epidemiology and Prevention Branch in a teleconference.

There have been no substantial changes to the federal government’s flu vaccine recommendation: The Centers for Disease ...

The flu vaccination rate for U.S. children has decreased from about 64% five years ago to 49% this season. AP The CDC report did not say how many of the children who died were vaccinated. The ...