New Peer-Reviewed Study Highlights Significant Shedding and Potential Transmission Risks from Nasal Flu Vaccine

    A peer-reviewed study published today in the high-impact journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (NIH-funded) has documented exceptionally high rates of viral RNA shedding following receipt of the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV/FluMist). In a group of 283 healthy adults aged 18–49, researchers detected influenza A or B RNA in...