By Ethan Covey
Interim data from the 2023 Southern Hemisphere influenza season show that current influenza vaccines are quite effective, reducing influenza-related hospitalizations by more than half.
The CDC recommends that U.S. healthcare providers administer the seasonal influenza vaccine to all eligible people ages 6 months and older (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1010-1015).
“CDC closely monitors global influenza activity each year, including activity from the Southern Hemisphere flu