FDA approves 1st at-home nasal spray flu vaccine
ScienceAlert · 14h
FDA Approves First Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine You Can Do at Home
In a first, the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a nasal spray flu vaccine for self-administration. Starting next fall, AstraZeneca's FluMist, which was authorized in 2003 to be administered by a health care provider, will be available to ordinary Americans through an online pharmacy.
healthcarepackaging · 4h
FDA Approves Nasal Spray Influenza Vaccine for Self- or Caregiver-Administration
· FluMist is the first vaccine to prevent influenza that does not need to be administered by a healthcare provider. · FluMist contains a weakened form of live influenza virus strains and is sprayed in the nose. A prescription is still required.
CBS News · 2d
FDA approves first self-administered flu vaccine spray
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it had broadened the approval of the FluMist nasal spray to become the first "self-administered" influenza vaccine — though a delay in the change means the vaccine will not be available to ship to homes until next year's flu season at the earliest.
Well+Good · 2d
FDA Approves Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine You Can Give Yourself (or Your Kids) at Home
T he first-ever needleless flu vaccine that can be given at home was just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FluMist is a nasal spray that provides protection against influenza A and B, and it’s now approved for self-administration in adults up to age 49 and caregiver-administration for kids ages 2 to 17.
STAT · 2d
FDA approves first at-home flu vaccine in U.S., a nasal spray
FluMist is the only flu vaccine administered by nasal spray, not injection. It is licensed for individuals between the ages of 2 and 49. This FDA approval makes it the only flu vaccine in the United States that can be administered at home and that does not need to be administered by a health care professional.
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