Children Who Received Some Forms of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Care Less Likely to be Vaccinated for Flu

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016.  U.S. children who have used certain forms of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) that may put them in contact with CAM providers documented as being vaccine-hesitant are less likely to receive influenza vaccinations, according to a new study published in the November 2016 Pediatrics.

The study, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Influenza Vaccine Uptakein U.S. Children,” published online Oct. 3, analyzed data on 9,000 children between ages…