How to Make the Flu Vaccine Better

Have you ever gotten the flu vaccine but still gotten the flu? Why does that happen? Can we make the flu vaccine work better? This video talks about a newly published scientific paper that has a suggestion for why the flu vaccine isn't as effective as it could be and how we can correct that. Here's a hint: it has to do with eggs!



Discussion on the the effect of growing flu in eggs from Raymond et al. “Influenza immunization elicits antibodies specific for an egg-adapted vaccine strain” Nature Medicine 22 (2016). nature.com/nm/journal/v22/n12/full/nm.4223.html

Flu Data from: cdc.gov/flu for the week of 01/13/2017

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Host: Kate Bredbenner

Music:
"Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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