Study: Flu shots better than FluMist
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061213/ap_on_he_me/flu_vaccines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061123/capt.sge.omd59.231106091435.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=SXCOMVUGlf_MzLE8Ct5Rpw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Emily Moore gives an elderly man a flu shot in Los Angeles, October 2005. Just over a third of Britons in need of immunisation against flu were injected with the vaccine by the end of October, putting millions at risk, because of problems distributing the vaccine, a newspaper has reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first head-to-head comparison of the flu shot and the new FluMist inhalable vaccine found shots surprisingly more effective in adults. The study, involving about 1,250 Michigan adults, found that a needle in the arm was 67 percent to 77 percent successful at preventing the flu, depending on the measurement method. The nasal spray was 30 percent to 57 percent effective.</p><br clear="all"/>