Flu vaccines: CDC says FluMist ‘nasal spray’ should not be used this upcoming flu season
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#1J3XN)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Wednesday that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), also known as the "nasal spray" flu vaccine, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season. ACIP continues to recommend annual flu vaccination, with either the inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) or recombinant influenza ["]
