Enlarge this image Stuart/Flickr Stuart/Flickr A rare strain of bird flu has infected at least 45 cats in a Manhattan animal shelter,…
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Enlarge this image Stuart/Flickr Stuart/Flickr Updated Dec. 23: New York City health department officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Only about two out of five Americans had gotten this season’s flu shot…
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Enlarge this image Flu shots are recommended for all pregnant women. PhotoAlto/Michele Constantini/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PhotoAlto/Michele Constantini/Getty Images Flu…
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Enlarge this image Eating healthy will do more for your immune system than megadoses of supplements. Gillian Blease/Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption…
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Enlarge this image Luz Barajas took her son Carlos Cholico to get his flu shot at Crawford Kids Clinic in Aurora, Colo.,…
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THURSDAY, June 23, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Americans may have to do without the easier, nasal spray form of flu vaccine next flu season, a panel of experts decided Wednesday. That’s because the medicine, called FluMist, has been largely ineffective in children in recent years and should not be used in the United States during […]
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Bad News For Kids Who Don’t Like Flu Shots
by explainingmedicine June 24, 2016It’s time to brace the kids who don’t like getting their flu shots for some disappointing news. A panel of vaccination experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the surprising recommendation late Wednesday that FluMist Quadrivalent, the nasal spray vaccine that protects against influenza, should no longer be used. It turns out […]