Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the CDC ...

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This photo provided by Pfizer in August 2024 shows a packaging for the company’s updated COVID vaccine for ages 12 and up, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. CATHY WURZER: ...

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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about Thursday's federal vaccine advisory committee meeting and proposed changes to the child vaccination schedule. Our next guest is ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about a Trump administration decision to end funding for research into vaccines that fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu ...

The coronavirus pandemic has underscored that the field of epidemiology, which focuses on discovering the causes of disease outbreaks and tracing the spread of illness, is an academic discipline with ...