Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests

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Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests

The inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma. in fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than their peers who do not get the vaccine, according to new research. while these findings do raise questions about the efficacy of the vaccine, they do not in fact implicate it as a cause of hospitalizations, according to researchers.

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