This year’s vaccine composition

It's already that time of the year when we need to think about getting our flu vaccine - but there are some changes to the rollout this year.

The changes affect options for how the vaccine is delivered. Plus, which of the strains circulating should we worry about?

Guest

• Professor Patrick Reading, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at the Doherty Institute. 

References

• Influenza (flu) vaccine - Department of Health
• Influenza immunisation resources - National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
• Historic 1994 influenza vaccine cohorts define breadth of antibody and B cell responses toward future influenza A and B viruses
• Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem