CDC approves comeback for nasal mist flu vaccine

If you avoided getting a flu vaccine this year because you're needle-phobic, there's good news: the nasal spray is coming back. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 12 to 2 Wednesday to allow FluMist, the only non-injected flu vaccine approved for use in the United States, to return to the disease prevention arsenal for the 2018-2019 flu season after a two-year suspension. The nasal spray had been shelved as an option after…
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