Flu Vaccine Should Be More Effective: CDC

With flu season fast approaching, U.S. health officials predicted Wednesday that this year’s vaccine will be a better match for the circulating influenza strains than last year’s vaccine proved to be.

Not only do officials believe this year’s vaccine will be more effective, they’re saying that supplies will be plentiful, too. So, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that more Americans than ever be vaccinated against the flu, including every child age 6 months to 18 years of age, unless they have a serious egg allergy.

The new vaccine contains three new flu strains — two influenza A strains and one influenza B strain.