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Children 6 months and older should be vaccinated for the flu. WebMD has details about the flu vaccine in children under 2.
Amid the sultry summer months, a few signs of fall become apparent, such as the appearance of school supplies on stores ...
M onsoon is already here and children love the rainy season, enjoy getting wet in the rain, playing and jumping in the puddles. Unfortunately, monsoon brings a rise in respiratory infections among ...
A recombinant flu vaccine (Flublok) contains no eggs and was recently approved for use in individuals aged 9 years or older ...
In September, 55.4% of children aged 6 months to 17 years were vaccinated against the flu, a significant drop from the nearly 64% who’d been vaccinated in the 2019-2020 pre-pandemic season.
The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last ...
Even as flu vaccine rates have dipped in children in Michigan, they've increased in those 65 and up since the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2019-20 season, 55.3% of people over 65 years were ...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's new vaccine advisory committee returned to work Thursday, and the panel may vote on proposals about fall flu vaccines and a preservative in some flu shots ...
So far this year, influenza cases are nearly 20 per cent higher than they were last year, and 2,800 cases were recorded in ...
Yet since 2001, all vaccines routinely used for U.S. children age 6 years or younger have come in thimerosal-free formulas — including single-dose flu shots that account for the vast majority of ...