NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — It almost sounds too good to be true, there is now a needle free alternative to getting a flu shot: A nasal spray called FluMist.

Just approved by the FDA, FluMist can be ordered online and shipped to your home to be administered. You must provide insurance and a shipping charge.

"We're really excited about FluMist and this is really going to increase vaccine uptake in groups where we've historically had trouble," Dr. Scott Roberts, a Yale infectious disease specialist, said.

Unlike shots, FluMist is a live weakened virus, so certain groups, like children under the age of two, people over the age of 49 and pregnant women, are not eligible to get it. Directions must be read very carefully when administering.

When you order online a pharmacist reviews the reques

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