Here's what you need to know about the new flu vaccines for over-65s
- Written by Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
Older people's immune systems don’t respond to flu vaccines as well as younger people's.Shutterstock
In an attempt to avoid a repeat of last year’s horror flu season, Health Minister Greg Hunt yesterday announced the government would fund two new flu vaccines in 2018 to try to better protect the elderly.
While influenza affects people...
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