LOS ANGELES (KABC) — If this year’s flu season is anything like the one they’re having in Australia, we could be in for a severe one. This winter, infectious disease experts say hundreds and likely thousands of flu-related deaths can be prevented with the flu shot. Americans now have more ways than ever to get the vaccine. Eighth grader Matthew …
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Quick takes: US COVID rise, at-home FluMist launch, polio in 4 countries CIDRAP AstraZeneca launches at-home FluMist nasal spray delivery ABC News It’s now possible to give yourself a flu vaccine at home CNN FLUMIST® (Influenza, Vaccine Live, Intranasal), the nation’s only nasal spray flu vaccine, now available for home delivery AstraZeneca US Needle-phobic? FluMist nasal spray vaccine available in lieu of flu shot NBC …
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More children died from the flu this past season than any year outside of the swine flu pandemic in 2009. Most of them were unvaccinated. That’s why some doctors are hoping that the first nasal flu vaccine available for use at home can improve vaccination rates among people, especially children, who are afraid of needles. AstraZeneca’s FluMist Home, which was …
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Those looking to protect themselves against the flu this season now have an at-home option. FluMist, the only nasal spray flu vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is now available for purchase for self-administration. AstraZeneca’s FluMist was approved in 2003 to be given by health care providers. Last year, the FDA broadened the approval of the nasal spray to make it …
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