It's also highly effective in preventing ear infections. Those tell-tale signs of cold and flu season may seem far away, but for parents of young children, the ear infections that often go along with them are tough to forget. In fact, doctors say 80 percent of american kids will have had at least one by age three. But now there may be a new way to reduce that number. It's called Flu-Mist, and it's the first flu vaccine to be delivered in a nasal spray.
Doctors say it's important that it's easier on kids than the traditional injection.
And even more importantly, it works. And that's good news for everybody.