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Panel approves FluMist for kids under 5

Categories: Nutrition & Supplements

A federal advisory panel suggested this week that kids under five years of age (as young as two) can now be given nasal spray flu vaccines. Previously, the recommended age for this type of vaccine included kids only above age five.

FluMist, the most popular nasal flu vaccine, was found to be safe and effective in children as young as two years old, according to several recent studies.

As such, the FDA approved its use in kids aged two to five in September to ensure as many people as possible had access to vaccinations against the latest wave of the flu that is expected sometime at the start of next year, possibly into February.

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