The flu that is currently going around is type B. About 97 percent of flu virus cases detected last week were type B. In contrast, type A, which was dominant during the winter, has sharply declined.

Estimated influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) in California during the 2023-24 respiratory virus season was 41% against ...

It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK. The vaccine has been more ...

In Italy, there had never been as many people with the flu as in the winter of 2024-2025. There were 16.1 million. It would seem like one in four Italians, if it weren't for the fact that this ...

For the 2019-20 flu season, more than 162 million doses of flu vaccines will be made in the US, alone. The flu vaccine may only be widely distributed during certain months, but creating it is a ...

and one influenza type B strain (B/Victoria lineage). Along with cancelling the VRBPAC meeting, Kennedy also postponed a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices (ACIP ...

"Protection against the type B flu strain may be an especially important factor that healthcare providers consider when immunizing children since influenza B causes a substantial number of ...