Sadness reduces the flu vaccine's effectiveness, according to British researchers.

Recent study: More than 30% of people over age 65 who received the flu vaccine and who were grieving over the loss of a loved one or were in an unhappy relationship had a significantly weakened response to two of the three flu strains included in the vaccine.

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