Based on preliminary data for 2024 to 2025, 13% of pediatric deaths had influenza-associated encephalopathy, encephalitis. HealthDay News — During the 2010-2011 to 2024-2025 influenza seasons, 9 ...

Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative thimerosal ...

The preservative is called Thimerosal, and it's included in just 4% of existing flu vaccines, used to help prevent ...

Some health experts point to fewer children getting their flu shots, and that could be just one factor in the increase of flu-related child deaths.CDC data shows that vaccination numbers have gone ...

It's the most since the 2009-2010 H1N1 global flu pandemic. The CDC estimated overall at least 47 million illnesses, 610,000 hospitalizations and 26,000 deaths from flu so far this season.

CDC IDs Trends in Pediatric Flu Deaths With Influenza-Linked Encephalopathy. 3w. M ONDAY, March 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- ...

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.

Preliminary data for 2024 to 2025, recorded by the CDC, reveals that 13% of pediatric deaths had influenza-associated encephalopathy or encephalitis. HealthDay News — During the 2010-2011 to ...