How A Mutation Made This Year’s Flu Season So Bad
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A flu variant called subclade K emerged too late to be fully covered by this year's vaccine. But the flu shot can still help protect you.
A rogue strain of flu, subclade K, has sickened more than 19 million people in the US so far this season. And the flu shot hasn’t offered that much protection. What’s going on with this superflustorm?
Joining Host Flora Lichtman with some answers is Jennifer Duchon, a pediatric infectious disease specialist.
Guest: Dr. Jennifer Duchon is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
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