This is due to possible complications from the weakened form of the live influenza virus it contains. The FluMist nasal spray is a live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). This means it is made ...

Influenza vaccines currently used in Hong Kong are safe and effective, and the side effects of flu vaccines are usually mild and transient, the Centre for Health Protection says.

Future Virology. 2014;9(2):161-171. Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients with influenza disease are at high risk for severe influenza and so these individuals benefit from annual immunization.

Issues surrounding influenza vaccines in children and the elderly are both different and similar. The elderly have received multiple vaccines during their lifetime and generally have other health ...