CDC Says Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Is IneffectivePittsburgh-area pediatricians who use nasal spray flu vaccine on their patients are scrambling...Hamill, Sean D
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu nasal spray vaccine (FluMist) should not be used for the 2016-17 flu season because it doesn't work. The CDC also recommends that everyone over 6 months of age get a flu shot instead. In a recent report, the CDC's Advisory ...
Analysis of new data led CDC Thursday to retract its recommendation for the nasal spray flu vaccine for young children. CDC's advisory committee on vaccinations will make recommendations about who could get the nasal spray for the coming flu season in June. "The decision not to renew ... ...
After advising the public to avoid the nasal-spray version of the flu vaccine for the past two years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now giving it the green light.
Individuals with egg allergy or previous reaction to eggs may receive any licensed, recommended influenza vaccine (IIV, RIV4, or LAIV4). High-Risk Populations Individuals with increased risk for severe illness or complications from influenza should be vaccinated. These include children aged 6 through...
This year’s flu season will be the first time that adults in the U.S. will be able to administer their own flu vaccines at home without the presence of a health care professional. The FDA approved a nasal spray asthe first self-administered flu vaccinelast month....
performance suffers when the viruses they're designed to thwart undergo genetic drift after the vaccine is formulated. However, the CDC reported that most of the flu viruses in circulation in 2016-2017 were similar to those in the latest vaccine, which came in trivalent and quadrivalent formulas...
Getting your flu shot soon is important because it can take several weeks to produce enough antibodies to give you maximumprotection, officials noted. One change this year is that the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practicesdoes not recommend that the nasal spray vaccinebe used by anyon...
It would be what one might callvaccine fallout.People who receive live-virus vaccines, such as the MMR, can then shed that live virus, for up to many weeks and can infect others. Other live-virus vaccines include the nasal flu vaccine, shingles vaccine, rotavirus vaccine, chicken pox vacc...
The nasal spray flu vaccine (live attenuated influenza vaccine or “LAIV”) is again a recommended option for influenza vaccination of persons for whom it is otherwise appropriate, including for use in non-pregnant individuals, 2 to 49 years old. ...