Flu season is currently ongoing, which occurs roughly between October and May each year. Forecasting the severity, spread, and timing of flu season is awfully challenging, and it takes nearly two weeks for the vaccine protection to take effect. Consequently, the right time to get a flu vaccine shot is during those period. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends for an annual flu vaccine for everyone aged six months and older, unless there is a valid reason that exhibits the avoidance of the injection, such as egg allergy. Doctors have found other means to avoid flu vaccines by consumption of certain products with high constituents of flavins and citrus products.

A late but still a good news for nursing home residents arrived from the 2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America seminar in San Diego. A new study displayed at the Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting in San Diego discloses that powerful flu shots as much as four times the usual one can significantly decrease the amount of influenza patients being hospitalized during flu season, EurekAlert reports.

Dr. Zimastein, Director of the Center for Geriatrics and Palliative Care at University Hospitals Case Medical Center stated, Flu present inside a nursing home population is a key cause for hospitalizations. It is able to spread easily and quickly in a nursing home environment that not only leads to pneumonia, but also contributes to heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes.

However, researchers recently conducted a study in the largest nursing home and found that vaccines with four times the strength of the standard flu vaccine significantly diminishes hospitalizations during flu season.

The 1.2 percent variance in hospitalizations amid study participants who got the high doses versus the standard dose may well explain the shrunken numbers in thousands for hospitalizations each year. The research entailed 100,000 applicants from 420 hospitals and clinics in 38 states who received the vaccines within the month of November 2013 to March 2014. From time to time, the health benefit of a flu vaccine is questioned in this population, but this study verifies the advantage, especially at the increased dose.

As long as the flu is mingling, it is not too late. If the vaccine is contraindicated for individuals, they should certainly consider getting a flu vaccine to gain as much protection as possible. Researchers have advised individuals to contact doctors regarding the benefits and risks of these high dose vaccines. The Vaccines are readily available at the nearest drug stores and groceries stores and are covered with insurance plans.