Flu Vaccine Study
Two Hospitals Team Up to Improve a Flu Vaccine
In an unprecedented example of cooperation between hospitals in different parts of the nation, The St. Mary’s Hospital in Beverly Hills, CA, and Downtown Public Hospital in Chicago, IL, conducted a joint study designed to test a new improved flu vaccine. This winter, a group of 20 randomly selected patients in St. Mary’s hospital were given the new vaccine. The results were then compared to a group of 20 randomly selected patients in Downtown Public Hospital, who were given a standard flu vaccine. The study was very successful, as the patients that were given the old vaccine were three times as likely to get ill with flu than the patients who received the new vaccine.