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Flu shot less effective this season for some kids, CDC report suggests

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CDC : Vaccine 's protection against flu hospitalization was at least 63% for children and at least 41% for adults.

But another metric of the shot's effectiveness, looking at outpatient visits to places like urgent care clinics or emergency rooms, was worse.

The decline is because of a difference in how many kids were infected by a strain of the flu virus called H3N2.

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