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Higher dose flu shot decreases hospitalization of older nursing home residents

2015-10-11 23:44:10| Biotech - Topix.net

In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season. There was a 1.2 percent difference in admission for the group that received the high dose vaccine compared to the one that received the standard dose vaccine.

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