Flu shots suggested for young children
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.
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State health authorities are recommending looser guidelines for the flu vaccine, extending the injections to people down to age 50 and to certain children ages 2 to 18.
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Health chiefs are considering a new jab to protect babies against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia.
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As US authorities struggle with a possible shortage of flu vaccine on the eve of flu season, President George W. Bush suggested those who are young and healthy forego the annual shot.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday recommended a ban on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children younger than 6.
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Children under 2 years old should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because they are too dangerous for that age group, U.S. health authorities advised on Thursday.
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MedImmune&#39;s FluMist nasal vaccine should be included in the US government&#39;s Vaccines for Children program, expanding its distribution to children over the age of 5 and teens, federal advisers said on Thursday.
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Hong Kong's government has ordered  schools to step up precautions against influenza as another  child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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The inhalable flu vaccine should be given each year to children as young as 2, an advisory vaccine panel said Wednesday.
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MedImmune Inc.'s FluMist vaccine will be included in the federal Vaccines for Children program next year, meaning eligible children can get the nasal spray for free.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. - MedImmune Inc.&#39;s FluMist vaccine will be included in the federal Vaccines for Children program next year, meaning eligible children can get the nasal spray for free.
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Though a federal advisory committee has recommended easing restrictions on flu vaccine, state and local officials said Saturday that the shots will not be available this week to healthy people between the ages of 50 and 65.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. flu rates would drop dramatically if the majority of schoolchildren, as well as members of high-risk groups, were vaccinated every fall, a new study suggests.
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A federal panel recommended Friday that anyone over 50 be allowed to get a flu shot, hoping to avoid widespread waste of the previously sought-after vaccine.
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines can be dangerous for young children and there is no evidence they work, doctors told a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.