Researchers are questioning how much the flu vaccine prevents flu-related deaths among older people, saying it may provide less protection starting around age 70, as immune systems decline with ...

Some scientists say the flu vaccine may be much less effective in people over 65 than has been claimed. But they are firm that older people should still be vaccinated. About 90 percent of ...

Overall, the flu remains most deadly for the elderly. In California, 105 people have died of the flu so far this season, and more than half were over 65, according to state data released Friday ...

CDC figures show flu widespread everywhere but Tenn. and Hawaii Half of the flu cases are in people 65 and older 90%25 of flu deaths are among the elderly The number of older people hospitalized ...

Although the flu is beginning to wane nationally, it is sickening and killing seniors at rates "higher than we've ever seen," a CDC flu expert says. Last week, people older than 65 who died from a ...

A new analysis of 40 years of research provides more evidence that flu shots are not as effective in the elderly as commonly believed. But health officials said older people should still be ...

And even though flu vaccine coverage of elderly people in the United States grew from 15 percent in 1980 to 65 percent by the mid-1990s, no corresponding drop in the death rate was reported.

Though healthy seniors haven't been particularly targeted by H1N1 swine flu, seasonal influenza remains a deadly risk for many, with roughly 36,000 people in the U.S. dying from flu-related causes ...

Flu-related hospitalizations of the elderly are the highest they've been in nearly a decade, according to an Associated Press report. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 198 ...

A bad case of the flu can trigger a short-lived, but substantial, spike in some people's heart attack risk, new research suggests.Among 332 heart attack patients, the complication was six times ...

Flu hospitalizations among the elderly hit highest numbers in ... The previous record was in the 2012-2013 flu season, when 183 people for every 100,000 U.S. adults ages 65 and over were ...