Q&A: Weighing the value of less effective flu shot

Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

This season's flu shot seemed to do little to protect people over 65 from the worst and most dominant flu strain spreading around, a small government study found. Vaccinated people in that age group had only a 9 percent lower chance of going to the doctor with flu symptoms from the main virus than people who didn't get the shot....

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