Vaccines still recommended as flu season wanes

Rob Borkowski

04/02/2018

THE CDC reports the current flu vaccine is more than 59 percent effective for children up to eight-years-old against the H3N2 flu virus, the most common strain this season. / COURTESY CDC

PROVIDENCE — Flu vaccinations remain your best defense as Rhode Island’s reported influenza-like illnesses continue to wane. Flu-like illnesses comprised of 2.2 percent of all reported ailments in the state in at the end of March, down from a peak of nearly 8 percent from February 4-10, according to the Department of Health Monday. Still,…

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