FDA Okays FluMist Vaccine For Young Children

The FDA recently approved the expanded use of FluMist, the only nasal spray influenza vaccine, in children 2 to 5 years of age. Each year in the U.S up to 60 million Americans get the flu according to the CDC. The U.S. CDC recommends all children aged 6 to 59 months be vaccinated against the flu. FluMist uses a live, attenuated virus rather than an inactive virus.  A recent study indicates...

More candidates for Flumist have thus been identified. But the cost and insurance coverage issues remain, as does the fact that it is not approved for anyone with a significant health issue.

- flumist will prove attractive to parents of young children, because   young children are the group most traumatized by injections