Dr. Jeremy Silver, MD, Medical Director of Emergency Medicine at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, joins Dean Richards for this week’s health update. Dr. Silver begins by discussing a new ...

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 ...

The nasal spray option could encourage more people who have fears of doctors or needles to inoculate themselves against the ...

FLUMIST ® has been approved in the US as the only self-administered influenza vaccine. FLUMIST, a needle-free nasal spray, was approved to be self-administered by adults up to 49 years of age or ...

Initial data from clinical trials evaluating H5N1/H5N2 live-attenuated influenza vaccine suggest that immunization of unprimed subjects is not associated with a serologic response that is markedly ...

For example, data from the state department shows 20.8% of Hoosier children 6 months to 8 years old received an influenza vaccine during the 2022-23 season. However, data for children 1-2 years ...

Flu season is right around the corner, and health experts are urging people to protect themselves with the influenza vaccine and an updated shot against COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control ...

Influenza virologists around the world ... H1N1 virus as their starting material for development of a live, attenuated H1N1 vaccine. If the virus in the vaccine wasn’t adequately weakened ...

In June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended everyone over 6 months old receive both an updated COVID-19 vaccine and influenza vaccine. Novavax has a combination of the ...

Friday, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Novavax Inc.’s (NASDAQ:NVAX) COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (2024-2025 Formula) (NVX-CoV2705) for active immunization to prevent COVID-19 in ...

This year, the ACIP recommends that anyone aged 65 or more years get any one of the following higher-dose or adjuvanted flu vaccines: The high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-IIV3), The ...