Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape'sCoronavirus Resource Center. Giving a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as aseasonal fluvaccine appears safe and effective in the first study to test how people react to getting both shots at the same time. Overall, the NVX-CoV2373...
That's why getting both a flu shot and COVID vaccine (and aCOVID booster) is important. Being infected with both respiratory ailments at the same time can be "catastrophic to your immune system," Dr. Adrian Burrowes, a professor of family medicine at the University of Central Fl...
“It’s completely safe to get your COVID and flu [shots] at the same time. If you’re eligible for RSV, it’s totally safe to get the RSV [shot] at the same time,” Dumford tells Fortune. Plus, “you get all those mild side effects out of the way all at once.” Any ...
Experts reiterated patients should turn to their health care provider to learn about the benefits and potential risks of vaccination. Older adults choosing to get both the flu and COVID shot at the same time for convenience or in two separate visits are both rea...
These children who have received BOTH a Flu shot and a COVID shot together at the same time are experiencing dizziness and fainting within minutes of receiving both shots. Other recorded side effects include myocarditis (heart disease), inflammation of the brain and spinal...
With first-time COVID-19 immunizations continuing and the plan to offer booster vaccines to most Americans starting next month, what are the considerations for getting COVID-19 and flu shots at the same time? Medscape/WebMD asked Andrew T. Pavia, MD, for his advice. He is the George an...
Most people only need to consider whether they should get an updatedPfizerorModernaCovidshotand a flu vaccine at the same time, since both are broadly available to all Americans. Public health officials, physicians and recent research show that taking them during the same visit to the doct...
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updated vaccines will be critical to protecting the population this season," Moderna CEOStéphane Bancelsaid in a companynews release. "We appreciate the FDA's timely review and encourage individuals who intend to get their flu shot to also get their updated COVID-19 vaccine at the same time....