There is no evidence that vaccinating children under two against flu reduces deaths or complications from the illness, researchers have said.
They reviewed 25 studies that looked at the impact of vaccines in reducing the number of cases of flu and its symptoms in children up to 16. Children under two are vaccinated against the illness in the US and Canada.
Tom Jefferson, of the Cochrane Vaccines Field in Rome, part of the international Cochrane Collaboration that evaluates medical research, said: "We recorded no convincing evidence that vaccines can reduce mortality, admissions, serious complications and community transmission." - Reuters