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Flu Vaccine Composition Shifts

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Flu shots have changed this year — here's why

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The "Yamagata lineage" has been dropped from the formulation of U.S. flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 flu season .

Vaccines are designed to protect people against the most common subtypes of influenza that sicken people each season .

This year 's flu vaccines will be trivalent, meaning three -component, as opposed to quadrivalent, or four -component.

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https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-selection.htm https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/05/health/flu-vaccine-yamagata-strains/index.html https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/recommended-composition-of-influenza-virus-vaccines-for-use-in-the-2024-southern-hemisphere-influenza-season https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/trivalent.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9414795/https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/16/flu-vaccine-reformulate-who-drug-regulators/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=290243425&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9-2Kr8ixd3hzpaZeqVoU9nUtuJ_qu--dJwWjHvg8haxYsbzAuG8R0qz89P34cv2olabttgA0-5kSLuNfPpdJQFiqOhqSXenm9KqVy3nzzSXGduYs&utm_content=290243425&utm_source=hs_email https://www.cvr.pitt.edu/people/kevin-mccarthy-phd https://pathology.wustl.edu/people/hanover-matz/

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