section_path: Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025–present)/Tenure/Stopping ads for vaccine to reduce severity of seasonal flu
section_name: Stopping ads for vaccine to reduce severity of seasonal flu
paragraph_text: Stopping ads for vaccine to reduce severity of seasonal flu
  
  On February 20, 2025, during an unusually severe influenza season, HHS instructed the CDC to suspend its ad campaign promoting flu vaccination. The advertising, in part a response to declining flu vaccination rates, promoted the message that vaccination would result in much milder symptoms and lower chances of becoming severely ill for those with the flu.
  
  On February 20, 2025, during an unusually severe influenza season, HHS instructed the CDC to suspend its ad campaign promoting flu vaccination. The advertising, in part a response to declining flu vaccination rates, promoted the message that vaccination would result in much milder symptoms and lower chances of becoming severely ill for those with the flu.