Flu jab only worked in quarter of cases, new figures show The flu jab worked in just a quarter of cases this winter, new figures reveal.
Health officials said they were “hostage to fortune” because decisions on the make-up of vaccinations are taken long before winter starts, making it impossible to adjust jabs to best match the threat
Next winter a new boosted jab will be offered to all elderly people, following concern about low effectiveness of the vaccines offered to the elderly in recent years.
Health officials told a meeting of the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee that the jab could not have been offered earlier, because it was only licensed last summer, months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) makes its recommendations. The Daily Telegraph
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