Annual childhood flu vaccines may interfere with development of crossresistance

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

Vaccinating children annually against influenza virus interferes with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses generally, according to a new study. The research points up potentially conflicting policy outcomes. Annual flu vaccines are effective against seasonal flu, but could leave people more vulnerable to novel pandemics.

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