Flu jab may not work for oldest patients - The Guardian 25th September 2007

Flu vaccination, which costs the government around £150m a year, may not after all save the lives of the older people who are the target of intensive annual campaigns, according to scientists. A major review published online today concludes that flaws in the studies of the flu vaccine have led them to "greatly exaggerate vaccine benefits". The authors of the report, in the medical journal the Lancet Infectious Diseases, add that there is not enough other evidence to work out to what extent flu jabs cut the death toll, if indeed they reduce it at all.

Link to Article

Additional Stories

Flu jabs 'don't prevent deaths in the elderly' - Daily Mail 24th September 2007

'Proof still needed' for flu jab - BBC Health News 25th September 2007