It is almost the influenza season. Should you get a snapshot, and will the insurance cover it?

Madison CZOPEK, politifact

For parents of school -age children, the autumn menu can look constantly. Buy school supplies. Fill in endless school models. Ban parents and teachers. Are tennis shoes still suitable?

Somewhere, at some point, you may remember influenza shots. Get the influenza shot. Get they Influenza shots. Or should you? Can you? Is this still something?

Amid political gossip on the vaccines and government entities that supervise it, it is understood to wonder where all this leaves the influenza vaccine 2025-26.

In short: Yes, the influenza snapshot is still. And four doctors we talked to them said that they recommend you to photograph influenza this year. (See the source list below this article.)

Here are some answers to the common questions:

Q: I heard that the Trump administration can change the recommendations of the vaccine. Does this apply to influenza vaccine?

There were no major changes to the recommendation of the FBI: The centers of control and prevention of diseases still say That people 6 months An annual flu vaccine must be obtained.

This means that most insurance companies will cover them, and they must be widely available.

Minister of Health and Humanitarian Services Robert F. Kennedy Junior, who opposed the vaccines, He agreed that most people should get the influenza vaccine. Continue a recommendation from the board of directors that advise the federal government to policy of vaccine; Kennedy replaced the members alone.

The committee voted against the recommendation of multiple influenza shots that contain It has already been removed Of most vaccines, including most influenza shots.

Q: Who should not get a influenza shot?

Doctors have acknowledged that there are always exceptions for wide guidance. For example, people with Severe sensitivity The influenza vaccine ingredients should not get vaccines containing these ingredients.

You should discuss your health status with your doctor for personal instructions.

Q: Was the influenza for this season be filmed for last season?

Yes. The influenza snapshot has been updated for the next influenza season, but the changes It was not radical. Like a influenza snapshot last year, this year vaccine is known as three components or Three -equivalent vaccine This protects from three influenza viruses – two influenza viruses and the influenza virus by.

Ryan Mavis, a professor of medicine at Wake Forest and a member of the American Diseases Association, said this season’s vaccine has been changed to target a specific strain of influenza A/H3N2 this season. Those Alignment changes With what the World Health Organization Release.

Q: What is the best time for vaccination?

September, October, or early November. This allows your body time To build Its anti -protective bodies with the start of the influenza season and ensure that your protection does not fade before it ends.

William Shavener, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Vanderbelt University, said that influenza infection usually reaches its peak in February, so you want to make sure that you were vaccinated and that your protection is still strong until February until March.

Q: Is the influenza vaccine this season guaranteed to protect from the influenza strain that revolves?

Ensure all protection? no.

Reducing the risk of death? Yes.

Like the Covid-19 vaccine, influenza vaccines are the best in “protecting us from the toughest severe consequences of influenza,” said Shavener. This means that the influenza vaccine is the most effective in keeping people outside the hospital or the intensive care unit and keeping people from death.

“The influenza vaccine may not guarantee perfect protection protection, but overcoming your influenza snapshot ensures simply lack of protection,” said Benjamin Lee, a pediatrician pillar doctor at the Fairmont University Hospital and Associate Professor at the Fairmont University Faculty of Medicine.

Q: Will the influenza shot this year be available easily?

All signs indicate yes.

The FDA approved its formula recommendations to vaccine manufacturers on March 13 – early enough until the agency expects that there will be “Sufficient and varied supplies“People and places that manage influenza shots should start soon, and usually start in September, said Flore Monoz, associate professor at Baylor College, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases.

Q: I heard that Kennedy canceled $ 500 million in financing To develop the vaccine. Could this affect future influenza vaccines?

Kennedy announced Cancellation of financing To develop a flexible vaccine. Some companies were Combined search in influenza and Covid Footage, but there are currently not currently the approved influenza vaccines.

However, experts said that federal government changes – financing discounts, Cleansing the vaccine committeeand Deviations Of the current procedures – it increases uncertainty.

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An interview with William Shavener, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Vanderbelt University, August 4, 2025.

Email interview with Benjamin Lee, Children’s Infectious Diseases at the Fairmont University Hospital and Associate Professor at the Fairmont Larner University Medicine, August 3, 2025.

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