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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an urgent alert late last week saying there’s an urgent need to increase vaccination rates.

A new study put flu guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the test to see how well it worked. It turns out, sticking to the clinical recommendations was most effective...

It may be a busy season when many people feel run down, but that’s the tip of the iceberg for about 3.3 million Americans who have chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Healthcare workers were more apt to get the flu shot than the COVID-19 vaccine this year. Hospital workers specifically, meanwhile, were less likely to get the flu shot after the pandemic rather than before...

The National Nurses United (NNU) spoke out against recent US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention action to finalize infection control guidelines that affect long-term care communities. The NNU says...

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Researchers found that getting COVID-19 and flu shots together — or just getting the high-dose or adjuvanted flu shot alone — can slightly raise the risk for strokes, according to government health...

Flu activity is on the rise as hospitalizations and emergency room visits for COVID-19 are declining, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported.