More Californians Vaccinated Against Flu, CDC Says

While flu vaccination rates were higher this year among California children and adults, they are still slightly behind national immunization rates, according to new data from CDC. By February, nearly one-third of children in California and 18% of adults had been vaccinated, compared with 37% of children and about 20% of adults nationally.

• "Swine Flu Vaccination Rates Up, CDC Says" (Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 4/2).