Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the influenza vaccine, or flu shot, unless there is a history of a severe allergic reaction to the shot, you have an egg allergy or you have a history of Guillian Barre Syndrome occurring after a flu shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. A mild reaction to the flu shot is common, but severe allergic reactions are rare.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issues guidelines outlining the type of influenza vaccine recommended for specific groups of individuals sorted by age, medical status and other factors. In 2009, the CDC carried...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used these guidelines to develop two fact sheets that direct health care professionals in the use of both live and inactivated influenza vaccines for the 2010-2011 flu season.
Although new variations of influenza, or the flu, arise every year, there are only three classifications of the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A, B or C viral infections. Avery form of the flu...
Vaccines are complicated, so it's easy to see why there are misunderstandings---and no vaccine is as misunderstood as the influenza vaccine. Myths abound surrounding the flu shot, and the reasons people give for avoiding it are...
An influenza vaccine, commonly referred to as a flu shot, is a dose of inactivated flu virus that can help prevent influenza. The Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, recommends that children, pregnant women, people over age 50...
