Four out of seven flu vaccine brands approved for NHS use contain thiomersal, a mercury-containing agent at the centre of safety concerns over its effect on brain function, particularly in children.

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including ...

Efforts have also ramped up to accelerate bird flu vaccine development ... As demand for weight-loss injections sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy continues to soar, a study ...

TikToker Magda, who goes by @magdacious on TikTok, posted a viral video announcing a new series she plans on creating: ...

Bird flu, also known as the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, has been making the rounds in the United States over the last year and appears to be resurging again, according to officials with ...

Bitcoin rose on Friday after US president Donald Trump signed an executive order to advance his promised measures for the ...

Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...

Vaccines are proving to be essential when the flu gets serious in patients, according to Dowell. “[The] vaccine matches pretty well [to the strain], but it’s just keeping people from dying ...

To that end, HHS has granted Moderna $590 million to help accelerate the development of a bird flu vaccine. The agency announced its backing of the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical firm about 72 ...