Diabetes Patients Have Higher
Flu-Vaccination Rates
Public-health officials have heavily promoted influenza vaccine for populations at high risk for complications. That appears to be working, at least for patients with a diabetes diagnosis. Find out how much more likely people with diabetes were to be vaccinated against the flu versus adults with no diagnosis of diabetes or prediabetes.

Computer Model Finds
Precollege MenB Vaccine Not
Cost-Effective
College-aged students appear to be a targetable group who would most benefit from meningitis B (MenB) vaccine protection, because of their increased exposure and long life expectancy. A computer model suggests, however, that universal MenB immunization in that population is not cost-effective but might be if the price of the vaccination were lower. Here are more details.