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FDA approves first flu vaccine that can be self-administered at home
The FDA approved the first flu vaccine that does not have to be administered by a health care provider, but it won’t be available in time for this respiratory virus season.
Fit and Well: Flu vaccinations
According to health experts, getting the flu vaccine can help reduce hospitalizations and death. A 2023 CDC study showed that ...
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Get Healthy Carson City: Say boo to the flu
People ages 6 months and older should receive a vaccine every year. It is also recommended that people over 65 years old get ...
Ask the doctors: Updated COVID-19 vaccine targets new variants
Health data show that COVID-19 still surpasses all other infectious respiratory illnesses as a cause of severe illness, ...
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FDA Approves FluMist Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration
First Influenza Vaccine That Does Not Need to be Administered by a Health Care Provider ...
A flu vaccine you can administer yourself, stroke deaths on the rise and drug overdose deaths decreasing: Here's what happened in health this week.
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Latest COVID variant, XEC, has spread to half of US states, reports say
The latest strain of the COVID-19 virus, XEC, is circulating across the country. The new variant has been reported in at ...
FDA approves at-home flu vaccine
The FDA is clearing the way for an at-home flu vaccines. A self-administered version of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca’s ...
No Doctor Necessary: US Okays Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine For Self-use
No doctor? No problem. In a first, the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a nasal spray flu vaccine for self-administration. Starting next fall, AstraZeneca's FluMist, which was ...
FDA approves first nasal spray flu vaccine for use at home
FluMist is the only nasal flu vaccine, but it is not new. The FDA approved it in 2003 for people 5 to 49 years old before ...
Nasal flu vaccine is approved for at-home use
The FDA authorized AstraZeneca’s treatment to be given outside a health care setting, although it will still need a prescription.
At-home flu vaccines get FDA approval
For the first time, adults will be able to administer their own flu vaccines after the FDA approved a nasal spray to be administered without a health care provider ...