Dr. Richard Zimmerman UPMC Going Egg-Free For This Season's Flu Shot By Sarah Boden • Sep 10, 2018 DIANE CORDELL / Flickr UPMC patients can get their flu vaccines starting this week, but unlike previous years, these immunizations were not manufactured with chicken eggs. CDC Confirms What Everyone Suspected, Flu Vaccine Not Very Effective This Year By Sarah Boden • Feb 19, 2018 diane cordell / Flickr Preliminary results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show what everyone had suspected, this year’s flu vaccine isn’t very effective. Final numbers might change slightly, but the vaccine’s effectiveness rate is only 36 percent.
