Flu vaccines reduced pediatric hospitalizations, outpatient visits in recent seasons

Influenza vaccination continues to protect children from influenza-related outpatient visits and hospitalizations, according to post-pandemic data published in Pediatrics. “We have had really severe recent seasons for flu, particularly in children,” Samantha M. Olson, MPH, an epidemiologist in the CDC’s influenza division, told Healio in an interview. “This study really adds to the growing body