| ■ U.S. Flu Vaccination Rates Remain High | 2011.06.10 |
| Flu vaccination rates remained high in the United States this past winter even though there was no swine flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Flu vaccination coverage was nearly 43 percent, according to interim results from an analysis of data collected between August 2010 and February 2011 from people 6 months and older in 43 states and the District of Columbia. The findings suggest that record high seasonal flu vaccination coverage in the U.S. in 2009-10 (when there was a swine flu pandemic) continued during the past season, according to the report in the latest issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the CDC. |