It’s OK to use nasal spray flu vaccine again, U.S. panel says
Treatment approved for next winter’s flu
By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press
Published: February 21, 2018, 8:16pm
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NEW YORK — It’s OK for doctors to start using a kid-friendly nasal spray flu vaccine again, a federal panel said Wednesday.
Two years ago, the advisory group pulled its recommendation for FluMist vaccine after research found it wasn’t working against swine flu, the kind of flu that was making most people sick then.
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