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National Influenza Vaccination Week

Tamiflu is a prescription antiviral medication that can be used to treat and prevent influenza infections (the flu) in children and adults, if their symptoms have started within the last day or two before starting to take Tamiflu.

A flu shot can help prevent your children from getting influenza, and is especially recommonded if they have a chronic medical problem, such as asthma or diabetes, or are around someone else that is high risk.

Relenza is used to treat uncomplicated illness due to influenza virus in people 7 years and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 2 days.

Tamiflu is for treating adults with the flu whose flu symptoms started within the last day or two. Tamiflu is also used to reduce the chance of getting the flu in people age 13 and older who have a higher chance of getting the flu because they spend

The flu, which causes 36,000 deaths each year, gets my vote for virus of the year for 2003.

FluMist, a nasal spray flu vaccine, is an alternative to flu shots in healthy people who want to avoid getting sick with influenza but don't want a shot.

More questions and answers about FluMist, including whether or not it contains thimerosal, how many doses are required, when it should be given and if you can get it with other vaccines.

Flu season is when you are mostly to get infected with the influenza virus each year.