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There has been some concern over the level of protection offered to older people by the influenza vaccines currently available, so it came as welcome news from the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) that a more effective vaccine is to be made available for the 2018/2019 flu season. When it met in November 2017 the JCVI recommended the use of the adjuvanted vaccine Fluad for older patients in the next flu season (adjuvants are substances added to a vaccine to increase its immunogenicity). An extract from the JCVI’s minutes states that “The committee agreed that the available
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