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Health: a spray vaccine against the flu soon?
The United States has just issued authorization for a nasal spray for self-vaccination against the flu, which will be available from the fall. It is currently being evaluated for France. Explanations.
Getting vaccinated against the flu without a needle, with a nasal spray, will soon be possible. In a pharmacy in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), customers are excited.Good idea, it keeps you from getting stung“, confides a man. For now, it is only possible in the United States. People under 50 can be vaccinated there by spraying it into the nose. From the fall, it will be possible to administer it to yourself, at home.
In France, the nasal vaccine is currently being evaluated. According to information from France Télévisions, it should be aimed at children and adolescents aged two to 18, the public for whom it is most effective.It will probably still be done by health professionals (…). For the flu by a doctor, the midwife, the nurse, the pharmacist. It will probably be the same in France when the vaccine by pschitt is authorized”explains doctor and journalist Damien Mascret.