H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, marking the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S.

The number of bird flu cases has risen to 31 in the U.S. but there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission, the CDC said in a press conference on Thursday.

The Alberta government is permanently cutting off the flow of publicly funded vaccines to community medical clinics, save a ...

including filling doses of bird flu vaccine into vials to shore up the national stockpile. Earlier this month, federal health officials announced they are providing $72 million to vaccine ...

Before FluMist’s approval for self-administration, many individuals chose to get their flu vaccine ... of vaccine administration. A syringe is used by extracting medication from a vial into ...

Antibiotics that commonly cause allergic reactions, such as penicillin, aren’t used by vaccine manufacturers. A small amount ...

all six states temporarily lifted the restriction in response to the outbreak of pandemic swine flu and the shortage of H1N1 vaccine. Many of the available vaccines came in multidose vials ...

Antibiotics that commonly cause allergic reactions, such as penicillin, aren’t used by vaccine manufacturers. A small amount of thimerosal is added to multi-dose vials of the flu vaccine to prevent ...

The number of confirmed bird flu cases has risen in the U.S. to 31, federal health officials said on Thursday. Washington health officials reported four presumptive positive bird flu cases over the ...

If you have any concerns, please speak with your health care provider. Flu vaccines that are in a vial with multiple doses contain thimerosal. Single-dose flu vaccines do not contain thimerosal.