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The Oklahoma State Department of Health says the number of people with the flu is high and widespread, and only getting worse. The state said February is the most common month for the flu season to ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Stitching together four molecules found in the standard flu vaccine ensures an immune response to all of them, scientists have ... Flu Virus Remains Infectious in Refrigerated ...

As of Dec. 21, 144.6 million doses of flu vaccine had been distributed in the United States for the 2024–25 season, according to the CDC. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strongly ...

A lung health charity has called on the Scottish Government to extend free flu vaccines to people in their 50s, warning that the current flu season has left hospitals at “breaking point”.

“With flu vaccination uptake low among some eligible groups, we are urging Scotland to follow Northern Ireland’s example and use any surplus vaccine stocks to extend eligibility to more people and ...

Professor Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases ... health system would be alleviated if the flu vaccination rates for children aged below six and ...

Just over half (54%t) of the one million people in Kent who are eligible for a flu vaccine have had one, according to the trust. Follow BBC Kent on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your ...