This Year’s Flu Vaccine Is 59% Effective, Preliminary Data Show.

reports preliminary data suggest that the flu vaccine is 59 percent effective this year. Unlike last year’s vaccine, the AP adds, “this year’s is a good match to the strains making people sick.” The data was presented Wednesday at the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting in Atlanta. The committee gives advice on vaccine use to the CDC. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MED_FLU_VACCINE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-24-19-21-32