“FluMist has been largely ineffective in children in recent years and should not be used in the United States during the 2016-17 flu season, the panel of experts said. We could find no evidence [the spray] was effective,” Dr. Joseph Bresee, a flu expert at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the Associated Press. The decision was announced late Wednesday by the CDC’s Advisory Panel on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The traditional flu shot is effective, however, and recommended for everyone aged 6 months and older, the panel concluded. The ACIP panel’s advisories are adopted by federal government, which then issues guidance to the nation’s doctors. FluMist differs from the traditional shot in that it is not made from dead virus, but from a weakened form of the influenza virus.”
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