Flu vaccination typically reduces the risk of flu illness by between 40% and 60% during seasons when the flu viruses are well-matched to the flu vaccine. But if you are infected with the virus, the vaccine reduces your chances of getting the flu and passing it on to others, and lessens ...
Vaccines produced by recombinant DNA technology help in creating neutralizing antibodies thereby improving the natural immunity and clearance of the HPV virus. The vaccine efficacy is 100% against genital warts and vulval and vaginal pre-cancers and 90% against cervical cancer when taken correctly. Im...
SHE CRIES as she gets the vaccine. “It’s amazing, it’s amazing,” Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., murmurs as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital pierces her deltoid with a needle. “Usually it takes 10 to 15 years. The fact that we have it in one.…” Walensky shakes...
Ask your patient which is his dominant hand, and inject the vaccine in the opposite arm to help prevent soreness.[24] If this is your first time administering a flu shot, you should have a seasoned nurse is monitoring your technique. Find the thickest part of the deltoid, which is ...