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Does Your Arm Hurt After Getting The Flu Shot? Here’s What’s Normal

Many people getting their annual flu shot this season have noticed their arms feeling sore or heavy afterward, but is that a ...
Healthline

Covid Arm After Moderna or Pfizer Shot: What to Know

COVID arm is a harmless delayed skin reaction to the COVID vaccine. It happens about one week after the first or second shot of the Moderna vaccine but may also occur after Pfizer. If you didn’t get ...
The Atlantic

Should Your Flu and COVID Shots Go in Different Arms?

At a press briefing earlier this month, Ashish Jha, the White House’s COVID czar, laid out some pretty lofty expectations for America’s immunity this fall. “Millions” of Americans, he said, would be ...
Business Insider

Getting a 'COVID arm' rash after the Moderna vaccine might be itchy, but it's no big deal

Some people may experience a rash on their injection arm after getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The rash is likely a delayed allergic reaction or hypersensitivity. Experts say there's no need to ...
Healthline

Ventrogluteal Injection

Intramuscular (IM) injections are used to deliver medication deep into your muscles. Your muscles have lots of blood flowing through them, so medications injected into them are quickly absorbed into ...