FDA approves vaccines for upcoming flu season

This year’s seasonal influenza vaccines that include new strains of the virus likely to cause flu in the United States during the 2008–2009 season have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The vaccines contain three strains of the influenza virus that disease experts expect to be the most likely cause of the flu in the United States. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that anyone who wishes to be vaccinated for influenza receive the vaccination; physicians should not hold off on vaccinating patients if they have the vaccine in hand.

for more information, including a list of vaccines and their manufacturers go to http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01872.html