On January 11, 2013, the CDC published in its () with early-season data on the effectiveness of this year's flu vaccine. The key finding: Vaccination was only 62% effective overall in keeping people from getting a bad enough case of influenza to end up seeing a doctor about it.Elenor...
This season'sinfluenzavaccine effectiveness is 45% overall and 55% in children, according to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccine effectiveness (VE) was higher against influenza B/Victoria (50%) and considerably lower against influenza A(H1N1)pdm0...
The vaccine was 35% effective at preventing hospitalization for seniors in one study, and 42% effective in a second analysis. For people with weak immune systems, the vaccine reduced the risk of hospitalization by 44% in one study and 30% in another. The flu hit early this season, as...
The Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) is a sentinel hospital-based surveillance program that operates at 15 sites across all states and territories in Australia. This study reports on the epidemiology of hospitalisation with confirmed influenza, estimate vaccine coverage and influenza vaccine...
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Scientists are testing the effectiveness of a new type of flu vaccinetext editorEmerging Infectious Diseases
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Flu vaccine mismatch results in low effectiveness
The article reports that influenza vaccine had low effectiveness among seniors for the most common virus strain, according to a study by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in ...