The Variable in the Vaccine

Why This Year’s Flu Season is the Worst in a Decade By Breanna Beers Flu season is now in full swing, and for an illness with a vaccine readily available since the 1940’s, the virus seems to be running rampant across the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), this year’s flu season is may be worse than any in nearly a decade, and is nowhere close to being over yet. There are several different categories of influenza strains, broken down by the proteins on ...