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How often does the flu shot work

It won’t provide full protection immediately — talk to your health care provider. The vaccine can cause mild symptoms after, you are more likely to have a less severe case of the illness if you have had a flu shot. Vaccines work by flu the immune system to a part of a disease agent, does… Read More »

Three years after undergoing gene therapy, his ‘last shot’ hit the target

Brenden was the first patient enrolled in what became a nine-patient, four-center trial that also involved patients at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland, the University of California at Los Angeles, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. The trial, funded by the NIH and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine,… Read More »

Trained pharmacists shot in arm for NSW

Trained pharmacists across NSW will now be able to administer a variety of vaccinations, including for measles and whooping cough, to anyone aged over 16. “In regional and remote parts of NSW, it can be hard to access a GP. That’s why having the option of a trained pharmacist makes things so much easier,” Deputy… Read More »