Flu vaccine is about 45% effective, CDC says

(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The effectiveness of the current season’s influenza vaccine is about 45 percent, according to a new CDC report.

The research team used the U.S. Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Network to examine data for 4,112 children and adults with acute respiratory illness from Oct. 23, 2019, to Jan. 25.  Continue reading article here…

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