Professor Sir Chris Whitty, a key figure in the UK response to Covid, said older people are “under-served” when it comes to ...

He also pointed to “clear evidence” that “having an infection increases your risk of a stroke, particularly in the first two ...

A shingles vaccination program that began in Wales in 2013 has led to two discoveries that give fresh hope to efforts to ...

Paediatric emergency medicine consultant Dr Julie-Ann Maney says it is a particularly virulent strain of influenza.

The UK is facing a flu surge ahead of Christmas. As hospital admissions rise, here’s what doctors want you to know about jabs ...

Vaccine advisers hand-picked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed confusion about a vote ...

Health officials are strongly encouraging all eligible members of the public to get their flu jab immediately to maximise ...

Scotland is in the grip of its worst flu crisis in years as hospitalisations and infections surge with a mutant strain ...

Flu cases in Scotland have more than doubled in the space of a week with hospital admissions due to the virus rising by 70 ...

The CDC's vaccine panel has delayed a vote that could upend hepatitis B vaccinations in the US. Health and Human Services ...

Decades after HBV infection, patients can develop liver failure and require a liver transplant. Because there is no cure for ...