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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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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According to a report, Flumist vaccine â a live virus in a nasal spray â is much more effective than flu shots in protecting young children against the disease.
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WASHINGTON -- Government health officials said yesterday they are reviewing whether popular medicines like Tylenol Plus Cold &amp; Cough and Infant Triaminic Thin Strips are safe and effective in treating children's colds and coughs.
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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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Syrups and other anti-flu medicines should not be given to children who are six years old or younger, a independent advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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Pupils at a primary school are offered  bird flu medicine as a child from the school is believed to have the virus.
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Only 29 percent of U.S. children  with asthma get the flu vaccine even though it is recommended  to protect against serious influenza complications common with  asthma, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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MedImmune's FluMist nasal vaccine should be included in the U.S. government'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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Only 29 percent of U.S. children with asthma get the flu vaccine even though it is recommended to protect against serious influenza complications common with asthma, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.
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NEW YORK  - Two new nasally administered  vaccines for respiratory infections are being tested, and  researchers now say that giving them together to young children  appears feasible.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- A nationwide survey of 458 American pediatricians and family doctors found that most of them agree it's feasible to conduct widespread routine flu vaccinations for children aged 12 to 35 months old.
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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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WASHINGTON - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.    A record 100 million doses of flu vaccine will be available this year, the vast majority of it shipped to doctors' offices by the end of October, said Dr...
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Widely used over-the-counter cough and cold medicines should not be given to children under 6 years of age, a U.S. advisory panel recommended on Friday.
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People with conditions such as asthma, and those over 65, are urged to get a flu jab to avoid falling ill this winter.