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There's a big change coming to the flu vaccine
There's a big change coming to the flu vaccine
ADVERTISEMENTFor the past eight years, flu shots around the world have contained a virus that was retrieved from a sick person in California in the spring of 2009, in the earliest days of the H1N1 — or swine flu — pandemic.Recently, the World Health Organization recommended that flu vaccine manufacturers swap out the component that is based on that virus with an updated version.It is uncommon for a flu virus to remain in the vaccine for such an extended period as the current one.
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Free flu vaccine now available
Free flu vaccine now available
This year's flu vaccine has arrived and is now available free of charge to all residents in Cayman, the Public Health Department has advised."We recommend that people get vaccinated as soon as possible and definitely before the peak of the flu season, which ranges between December and January," said Director of Primary Health Care Dr. Samuel Williams-Rodriguez.The vaccinations will be available at the Cayman Islands Hospital, District Health Centres in Grand Cayman, Faith Hospital in Cayman Brac and the Little Cayman Clinic, the Health Department said in a press release.
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Study shows millennials aren't getting the flu vaccine because -- why do we need it?
Study shows millennials aren't getting the flu vaccine because -- why do we need it?
Study shows millennials aren't getting the flu vaccine because -- why do we need it?.(Photo: MGN)(KUTV) Parents say their kids think they are invincible, but now the demographic of humans that believe they are invincible has apparently widened to include grown adults who don't trust the flu shot.A recent study shows the majority of millennials are planning to not get the flu shot because they don't see the point.
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Surrey parents urged to take up free flu vaccine offer for their children
Surrey parents urged to take up free flu vaccine offer for their children
8:01am 16th October 2016(Updated 9:08am 16th October 2016)Parents in Surrey are being urged to take up the offer of a free flu vaccine for their children this winter.It is as figures from last year show that only around 34% of 2-4 year olds registered with a local GP in our region - or in nearby Sussex - got the injection last year.This year, it is being extended so it is on offer to children in school year 3, as well as school years 1 and 2, and preschoolers.
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FDA approves Flublok Quadrivalent flu vaccine
FDA approves Flublok Quadrivalent flu vaccine
FDA approves Flublok Quadrivalent flu vaccineSILVER SPRING, Md.— The Food and Drug Administration has approved Protein Sciences's Flublok Quadrivalent flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.The vaccine protects against four strains of influenza, three of which are found in trivalent Flublok alongside a fourth strain.
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