Influenza Vaccination Lower Among Children and Adults: CDC

Vaccination is lower than it was a year prior, agency says.

A person receives an influenza vaccine in Chicago, Ill., in a file photograph. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Influenza vaccination is lower among children and adults than it was a year prior, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a new update.

Coverage among adults is about three percentage points lower as of Oct. 14 than the same time last year, the CDC said in the update on Nov. 27. Just 22 percent of adults received an influenza vaccine, compared to 25.2 percent in mid-October 2022.