- Filed Under Flu vaccination is safe for children and adults
with an egg allergy, according to new research that is
especially timely in light of the current widespread flu. "The
influenza vaccine is grown in chicken eggs; therefore, it
contains trace amounts of egg allergen," Dr. James Sublett,
chairman of the public relations committee at the American
College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, said in a college
news release. "It has been long advised that children and adults
with an egg allergy do not receive the vaccination; however, we
now know administration is safe," Sublett said. "Children and
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