Flu season is already here. Here's what to know about this year's flu shots.
This year's flu season has arrived about seven weeks earlier than in 2025 or 2024.
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Healthcare
US medical groups urge people to get flu and Covid shots in counter to Trump guidance
Top medical groups band together to ease confusion from Trump administration's changing immunization advice. Leading US medical groups are urging people to get…
Geopolitics
US military races to vaccinate new recruits before flu shots expire
Move comes amid growing outbreak in Texas and after two-month halt on mandatory shots. The US military is racing to vaccinate new recruits after a two-month ha…
Industrials
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak
Move comes after Hegseth made shot optional for military in April and Texas outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people. The Pentagon has said that boot camps for…
Geopolitics
Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for troops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shots.
Healthcare
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
The vaccine maker's shots involve the successful Covid vaccines' RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling mill…
Healthcare
Should kids get flu and COVID shots this fall? Here's what to know amid changes.
As the fall respiratory season approaches, who should be getting COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect against illness? Here's what varying recommendations say.
Healthcare
U.S. to remove mercury preservative from flu shots following RFK Jr. vaccine panel vote
While few shots still contain thimerosal, the move eliminates a vaccine option for Americans and is a win for the anti-vaccine movement.
Healthcare
RFK Jr.'s new vaccine advisors will vote on flu shots containing mercury
It is the panel's first meeting with Kennedy's newly appointed members, many of whom are well-known vaccine critics.
Healthcare
FDA allowed to help WHO update flu shots, despite Trump ban
A World Health Organization official said the FDA "participated as in the past" in the process.
Healthcare
FDA cancels vaccine advisory meeting for choosing flu strains for next season's shots
It comes as RFK Jr., a vaccine skeptic who now leads the Department of Health and Human Services, makes moves that could affect vaccination uptake and policy.