OCTOBER 11, 2023

Flu Vaccination Rates Fall

By Ethan Covey

After improvements in the past couple of influenza seasons, flu vaccination in the United States has fallen substantially, and is now far below national vaccination targets, according to data presented at IDWeek 2023, held Oct. 11-15, in Boston (poster 1163).

“The objectives of this project were to report influenza vaccination coverage among all individuals in the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), ages 6 months and older, during six influenza seasons,” said Stephanie A.