Young Kids Are Getting The Best Protection From Current Flu Vaccine
Overall, this season's vaccine is about 36 percent effective in blunting or preventing flu, health officials say. That's better than earlier predictions, and good enough to prevent flu in thousands.
Federal health officials say that, as they anticipated, the flu vaccine isn't very effective this year â but they say it has still prevented thousands of serious illnesses and deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures that, overall, the flu vaccine is 36 percent effective at preventing disease. One bright point
