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Vaccine advisers to consider MMRV vaccines, ‘thimerosal containing’ flu shots in pared-down meeting
The updated agenda for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices comes a week after Kennedy announced he had dismissed ...
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The Flu Vaccine: Get the Facts
Some years, you can get it as a nasal spray instead. Flu vaccines are made to target three or four types of flu viruses that are most likely to make you sick during the upcoming year. Almost ...
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A New Type of Universal Flu Vaccine
Researchers have created a new 'universal' flu vaccine, which is directed against type A influenza viruses. It was created using portions of two important molecules generated by the H3N2 virus ...
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Still Need a Flu Vaccine? Now May Be a Good Time to Get One
What types of flu vaccines are there? The flu vaccines that will be available this season are egg-based and cell- or recombinant-based, according to the CDC. Older adults in their 60s and up ...
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Vaccine that protects against swine, human and bird flu could eliminate need for yearly shots
In the swine study, four groups of five pigs were vaccinated with Epigraph, wild type, commercial or sham vaccines. Functional antibodies were measured against four swine flu clades, including ...
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Types of Flu
Not all types of flu are the same. Some types of flu can make you very ill, while others cause milder symptoms. Read on to learn about the different types of flu. Flu, or influenza, is a ...
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It’s time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots
Another once-common form of Type B flu quit spreading a few years ago and was removed from the vaccine. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a coldlike nuisance for most people but it, too, ...
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What is influenza A, the type of flu making people so sick right now?
Both types spread the same way, cause similar symptoms, and are most dangerous for babies and the elderly. The flu vaccine is formulated to protect against both types. The dominance of ...
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Flu shots are here. When's the ideal time to get one, and should you get it with the Covid vaccine?
Pharmacies began giving out the vaccines — which are recommended ... two versions of influenza A and one type of influenza B. For more than a decade, flu shots in the U.S. also protected ...