Sunday, May 07, 2006

Spray Flue Vaccine for children

In this article it talks about a nasal spray flu vaccine for kids over the age of 5 that works alot better then the widely accepted flu shot. This seems like a lot better way of giving the flu vaccination to children in the first place rather then sticking them with a needle that they are afraid of. In the article it says that it is the only flu vaccine offered now that has live (but weakened) flu virus in it. Something i found interesting in this article was that it said that kids were the main spreaders of the flu virus. Having this new flu vaccine that works better then the shot could help decrease the spread of the virus from children to the elerdly and save many lives.

Here is the link to the article where you can find more info:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/01/health/main1563614.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories

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