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With FDA nod, AstraZeneca's FluMist becomes first self-administered flu vaccine

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  • cafead   Sep 22, 2024 at 10:02: PM
via AstraZeneca has just scored big on the quest to make routine vaccinations less of a hassle.

The FDA has signed off on the British drugmaker’s influenza vaccine FluMist for self-administration by adults up to 49 years old and for administration by a parent or caregiver in kids between the ages of 2 and 17.

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