micTruely Your Radio

International

US mixed messaging on flu shots alarms experts: ‘Children should not be dying’

todayJanuary 16, 2026

Background
share close

As hospitals scramble and country reaches record-breaking rates of illness, officials cast doubt on flu shot’s necessity

As the US reaches record-breaking rates of illness and hospitals scramble to care for flu patients, officials have stopped fully recommending the flu shot, casting doubt on the necessity and effectiveness of the vaccine.

“We are in the midst of a very severe flu season,” said Seema Lakdawala, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Emory School of Medicine. Despite this, the US is dismantling many of its vaccine recommendations. Flu vaccine recommendations for children changed in early January to “shared clinical decision-making”, which has typically meant a provider recommends the shot.

Continue reading…

Source: www.theguardian.com

Read full article

Written by: truelightfm

Rate it

Similar posts

International

How Greenland Is Reacting to Trump’s Threats

Our reporter Jeffrey Gettleman is on the ground in Greenland, seeing how people have reacted to Trump’s desire to take it over. He and our senior writer Katrin Bennhold discuss what Greenland means to the United States, Denmark and Greenlanders.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

todayJanuary 16, 2026

Post comments (0)

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *