Influenza Vaccination Lower Among Children and Adults: CDC

Published on November 30, 2023

Influenza vaccination is lower among children and adults than it was a year prior, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a new update. Coverage among adults is about three percentage points lower as of Oct. 14 than the same time last year, the CDC said in the update on Nov. 27. Just 22 percent of adults received an influenza vaccine, compared to 25.2 percent in mid-October 2022. Coverage among children is lagging by about four percentage points as of Nov. 4 compared to the same time a year prior. It’s down to 32.6 percent from 36.5 percent. The 2022 coverage was already down about six percentage points from the two seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic....

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