--- title: FDA Approves Flaud, a New Flu Vaccine for Senior Citizens description: Officials say that those with weakened immune systems will especially benefit from the new vaccine. canonical: https://time.com/4127267/fda-approves-flu-vaccine-flaud/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-25T17:18:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:54:37.847Z article:section: Health og:title: FDA Approves Flaud, a New Flu Vaccine for Senior Citizens og:description: Those with weakened immune systems will especially benefit from the new vaccine og:url: https://time.com/4127267/fda-approves-flu-vaccine-flaud/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: FDA Approves Flaud, a New Flu Vaccine for Senior Citizens twitter:description: Those with weakened immune systems will especially benefit from the new vaccine twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # FDA Approves New Flu Vaccine Designed for Seniors by [Maggie Fox / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Maggie Fox / NBC News Nov 25, 2015 5:18 PM UTC by [Maggie Fox / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Maggie Fox / NBC News Nov 25, 2015 5:18 PM UTC Federal regulators have signed off on a new type of flu vaccine with a booster in it, with the hope of better protecting seniors from the virus. It’s the first flu vaccine to include what’s called an adjuvant — a compound that helps stimulate the immune system so that a vaccine is more effective. It’s aimed at people over 65, who typically have a[ poor immune response](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50890438/ns/health-cold%5Fand%5Fflu/t/cdc-says-flu-vaccine-barely-worked-over-s-year/) to vaccines. “Immunizing individuals in this age group is especially important because they bear the greatest burden of severe influenza disease and account… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-flu/fluad-food-drug-administration-approves-new-boosted-flu-vaccine-n469506?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4127267/fda-approves-flu-vaccine-flaud/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4127267/fda-approves-flu-vaccine-flaud/"},"headline":"FDA Approves New Flu Vaccine Designed for Seniors","datePublished":"2015-11-25T17:18:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:54:37.847Z","description":"Officials say that those with weakened immune systems will especially benefit from the new vaccine","url":"https://time.com/4127267/fda-approves-flu-vaccine-flaud/","keywords":["Public Health","FDA"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maggie Fox / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/public-health/","name":"Public Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4127267/fda-approves-flu-vaccine-flaud/","name":"FDA Approves New Flu Vaccine Designed for Seniors"}}]}] ```