High-dose flu vaccines: How are they different? - Mayo Clinic
Oct 1, 2024 · High-dose flu vaccines may have 3 to 4 times as much flu virus antigen as the standard flu vaccine. There's also a flu vaccine that boosts immune response using an ingredient called an adjuvant. These shots have the same amount of flu virus antigen as a standard flu shot.
Flu shot: Your best bet for avoiding influenza - Mayo Clinic
Oct 4, 2024 · Getting a flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu and its complications for almost everyone. The flu vaccine can lower the risk of getting the flu. It also can lower the risk of having serious illness from the flu and needing to stay in the hospital or dying of the flu.
Flu shots: Especially important if you have heart disease
Aug 24, 2024 · Flu shots are safe for most people who have heart disease. The nasal spray flu vaccine, called FluMist, isn't recommended for people with heart disease or who are 50 years and older. Unlike the flu shot, the nasal spray flu vaccine is made with a live virus. The flu shot is usually given in the upper arm.
Influenza virus vaccine (intradermal route, intramuscular route)
Oct 1, 2024 · Influenza virus vaccine is used to prevent infection by the influenza viruses. The vaccine works by causing your body to produce its own protection (antibodies) against the disease. It is also known as a “flu shot”. There are many kinds of influenza viruses, but not all will cause problems in any given year.
Influenza (flu) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Jan 7, 2025 · The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends annual flu vaccination for people age 6 months and older who do not have a medical reason to avoid the vaccine. Getting a flu vaccine lowers: The risk of getting the flu. If the vaccine is given later in pregnancy, the flu vaccine helps protect a newborn from the flu too.
Influenza virus vaccine, live (nasal route) - Mayo Clinic
Children younger than 2 years of age are usually not given the flu vaccine nasal spray. Young children who need the flu vaccine are usually given the flu vaccine injection (a shot). This vaccine may cause serious allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention.
Flu vaccine: Safe for people with egg allergy? - Mayo Clinic
Oct 24, 2023 · Seasonal flu vaccines change every year depending on the influenza strains spreading around the world. One way scientists grow the virus strains is in eggs, such as from chickens. Enough vaccine for millions of people can be created this way. To get the vaccines ready for humans, scientists alter the viruses so they can't cause the flu.
Vaccine guidance from Mayo Clinic
Mar 13, 2024 · The flu vaccine causes your child's body to make antibodies to protect against the flu. The CDC recommends a flu vaccine every year for everyone age 6 months or older. The flu shot can cause some side effects and has some precautions. If your child has an egg allergy, your child can still get a flu vaccine. Each year's flu vaccine provides ...
Vaccines for adults: Which do I need? - Mayo Clinic
Oct 5, 2024 · The flu can cause serious health problems in older adults. Adults 50 and older and pregnant people should get the flu vaccine as a shot, not as a nasal spray. Hepatitis B. The CDC recommends all adults ages 19 to 59 receive the hepatitis B vaccine. The vaccine also is recommended for adults 60 and older who have risk factors for hepatitis B.
Influenza (flu) - Appointments - Mayo Clinic
The Gate Parkway, Beaches and St. Augustine locations offer flu vaccine appointments. To make a flu vaccine appointment at these locations, patients may call the specific location or schedule through the patient portal. All primary care patients age 6 months and older may receive flu vaccines at the vaccine clinic, which is located on the first ...