Next year’s flu vaccine will be no more effective than last year’s flu vaccine. How effective is that? When put up against H3N2, the type of influenza A that infected most people in the US in each of the past two years, it’s about 19 percent effective. That’s the estimation […]
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Flu Shot Effectiveness Is In Your Genes
The annual question: “Does this flu shot really work?” has a brand new answer this year: “It depends on your genes.” Researchers at Yale have identified several genes and gene clusters associated with the immune response to influenza (“fluâ€Â) vaccination, a finding that suggests that doctors may someday use genetic profiles […]