Flu nasal spray vaccine available soon
Lawrence residents who were unable to get a flu shot earlier this winter have another, less painful, opportunity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has 250,000 doses of a nasal spray vaccine, some of which will be given to state health departments free.
Flu eases grip on Kansas (1-7-04)The spray is meant for healthy people age 5 to 49 who were unable to get a flu shot earlier this season, when flu shots were in short supply.
More information about when and where to get the nasal spray will be released later this month. Health care providers and county health departments should use the KDHE Vaccine Redistribution Center Web site to order FluMist.
Flu activity in Kansas is dropping, but the southeast region of the state continues to have higher activity than other areas. Since September 2003, 28 Kansans have died of influenza. Only 5 Kansas died of the flu during the entire September to May flu season in 2002-2003.
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