By Hilary Haycock, President, Jennifer Ryan, Vice President and Kevin Wren, Communications and Public Affairs Consultant.

Flu season is upon us and National Influenza Week is starting on December 2nd. The CDC recommends an annual flu shot as the first, and most important, line of defense. Vaccines.gov echoes this sentiment, noting that millions of people get the flu every year, and the seasonal flu vaccine can lower the risk of getting the flu by as much as 50 percent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) reports that the flu results in over 200,000 hospitalizations and...