Influenza

Flu Shot 2025

Despite the hoopla, vaccines should be in reach this cough-and-cold season

Pennsylvanians should consult these medical organizations for vaccine advice — not the CDC, Gov. Shapiro says

Shapiro Vaccine Recommendations

It's almost flu season. Should you still get a shot, and will insurance cover it?

Flu Shots Insurance

Pa. and NJ residents can now order at-home flu vaccines

FluMist vaccine

A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − here's why

Flu Shot Thimerosal

Many older people embrace vaccines. Research is proving them right

Older Adults Shots

RFK Jr.'s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health recommendations

RFK Vaccine Committee

How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains

Bird Seasonal Flu

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the U.S. remains vulnerable to another crisis

COVID 5th Anniversary

As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining, particularly for children and 65+ adults

Flu Rates 2025

Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate

CDC Flu Data

House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health

Cats Drinking Milk

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch

Robert Kennedy Jr Illness

Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a public health nurse explains the science behind the season

Winter Sickness Colds

Frequent social media users are more likely to get vaccinated regardless of political party, Penn study finds

Bird flu has infected U.S. dairy cows for the first time, but the risk to the public is low, health officials say

Bird Flu Cows

People with COVID-19 can stop isolating once they are fever free and feeling better, CDC says

COVID-19, flu activity may have hit its winter peak, hospital trends suggest

COVID-19 Flu Cases

RSV is spreading rapidly as the holiday season kicks into gear

Respiratory Illness RSV

An at-home flu vaccine may be available in the U.S. by next fall

Does chicken soup really help when you're sick?

Chicken Soup Benefits

COVID-19 may trigger high blood pressure, study finds

ACCT Philly seeks homes for 70 dogs by next week to prevent spread of canine flu

ACCT Philly Dog Flu

How to keep dogs safe from canine influenza, which is on the rise in Philadelphia

canine influenza dog flu philadelphia veterinarian

How much people exercise may affect their risk of respiratory infections, research shows

Exercise respiratory infections

The record cold and flu season highlights the urgency for RSV vaccines and other preventive strategies

RSV Treatment Vaccine

Free COVID-19 tests are again available via the mail; here's how to order them

Free COVID-19 tests

Penn scientists inch closer to universal flu vaccine that could weaken future pandemics

Penn flu vaccine

Flu season is off to an early start in Philly, but it's hard to predict how it will shape out, officials say

Flu season Philly

COVID's 'silver lining': Research breakthroughs for chronic disease, cancer and the flu

Flu season has been mild, yet again, but a surge could still happen

Flu Season COVID-19

Rowan University reports flu outbreak as experts brace for potentially severe season

Rowan Flu Outbreak

A combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine may be on the horizon

The mRNA technology used in COVID-19 shots may yield a more effective flu vaccine

The next pandemic is already happening, but targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Pandemic Prevention Strategies

Despite fears of a 'twindemic,' influenza cases remain remarkably low

Mask wearing and the flu

The coronavirus is here to stay, but it won't be as deadly in the future, scientists say

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

'Breakthrough finding' reveals why certain COVID-19 patients die

COVID-19 breakthrough study

Getting a flu shot may help prevent you from getting COVID-19, study shows

Why males may have a worse response to COVID-19

Men COVID-19 response

Children's Health

Your child's vaccines: What you need to know about catching up during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccine Schedule COVID-19

Flu shots given to pregnant women do not increase risk of autism, study finds

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