What is the Live Attenuated Vaccine (weakened) – Nasal Spray/FluMist?
It is a vaccine made with live, weakened viruses that do not cause the flu (sometimes called LAIV for “live attenuated flu vaccine”). LAIV is approved for use in healthy people 2 years to 49 years of age who are not pregnant. The nasal spray vaccine for use in the United States is being made by MedImmune, the same company that makes the seasonal nasal spray vaccine called “FluMist.” The 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine is being made in the same way as the seasonal nasal spray vaccine.
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