FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver ...
Sep 20, 2024 — FluMist is approved for the prevention of influenza disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and B in individuals 2 through 49 years of age. FluMist is sprayed into the nose and has been...
FDA approves first flu vaccine that can be self-administered at home …
Sep 20, 2024 — The FDA approved FluMist as the first flu vaccine that can be self-administered at home. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images. CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first flu...
No needles required: The FDA approves an at-home flu vaccine
Sep 20, 2024 — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home. The agency on Friday gave the green light for people who have been screened...
Nasal Flu Vaccine FluMist Gets FDA Approval for At-Home Use
Oct 4, 2024 — Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed those obstacles by approving the at-home use of FluMist®, an influenza vaccine administered by nasal spray. Made by AstraZeneca, FluMist will be available for home use starting in the fall of 2025. It is approved for people ages 2 through 49 (the vaccine doesn’t help prevent flu in ...
FDA Approves FluMist, an At-Home Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine - AARP
Oct 1, 2024 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a nasal spray flu vaccine, called FluMist, for people ages 2 to 49 that can be ordered from an online pharmacy and administered at home.
FluMist approved for self-administration in the US
Sep 20, 2024 — FluMist has been approved in the US as the only self-administered influenza vaccine. FluMist, a needle-free nasal spray, was approved to be self-administered by adults up to 49 years of age or administered by a parent/caregiver to individuals 2-17 years of age. 1
At-home flu vaccine approved by FDA — what to know
Sep 24, 2024 — In a statement published Sept. 20, the FDA announced that it had approved the nasal spray influenza vaccine, called FluMist, for use at home. This allows people ages 18 to 49 to self-administer...
FDA Approves First Flu Vaccine You Give Yourself at Home, FluMist
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 -- The days of waiting for a flu shot at your doctor's office or local pharmacy may be over: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved FluMist nasal spray as the first influenza vaccine that can be self-administered at home.
Next season, you may be able to take your flu vaccine at home
Oct 24, 2023 — The US Food and Drug Administration is reviewing an application for the nasal spray flu vaccine FluMist to be able to be self-administered at home, drugmaker AstraZeneca said Tuesday. The...
What You Need to Know About FluMist, the Nasal Flu Vaccine
Oct 26, 2024 — It is a live influenza vaccine containing a weakened flu virus for the three prominent vaccine strains. It’s approved for children as young as 2 and for adults up to age 49. “Instead of an injection, there is a live vaccine administered by spray into the nose to give a good immune response, so that the nose and respiratory system is better ...