Vaccines are traditionally administered with a needle, but this isn’t the only way. For example, certain vaccines can be delivered orally, as a drop on the tongue, or via a jet-like device. Vaccines ...

(CBS) The FDA shot down the use of "jet injectors" to deliver influenza vaccines, saying in a written statement that "all vaccines, including influenza, must be administered in accordance with their ...

October 24, 2011 — Clinicians should not administer influenza vaccines with needleless "jet injectors" because the vaccines have not been approved for such devices, the US Food and Drug Administration ...

Every year, people looking to avoid the sniffles and stay healthy throughout winter receive a seasonal influenza vaccination that’s recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Needles and syringes are the most commonly used method for administering vaccines. They are responsible for numerous cases of transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus, which have ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A month after Golden-based PharmaJet reached a deal putting its no-needle flu shots in 800 Kroger pharmacies across the country, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Nostalgia is a funny thing. One definition is “wistful affection for the past.” But sometimes it seems to mean, “relief after surviving something unpleasant.” Such is the case with the subject of my ...

Parents know all too well the pain experienced by their children - and themselves - when the time comes for immunizations at the doctor's office. But a new MicroJet injector being developed by ...

The needle and syringe are icons of modern medicine. But a device developed at MIT to squirt medicines quickly and pretty much painlessly through the skin suggests that the future of medicine could be ...