By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The 2017-2018 influenza season in the United States was particularly severe, with a record-breaking estimated 900,000 hospitalizations and more than 80,000 deaths, according to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), which along with other agency representatives held a press conference today to remind Americans about the importance of receiving an annual influenza vaccine, as well as a pneumonia vaccine, if indicated.
The annual flu vaccine is recommended