Pandemic Influenza Vaccine

A pandemic influenza vaccine is a shot developed quickly to protect people against a new, highly contagious flu strain that might cause a global outbreak. Unlike regular flu vaccines, which target common strains each year, this vaccine is tailored to the specific virus causing the pandemic. It works by prompting your immune system to recognize and fight the virus, reducing illness, severe complications, and spread. Vaccination helps protect not only individuals but also communities by contributing to herd immunity, making it harder for the virus to spread widely.