Flu shots given to high-risk residents
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At least 150 people, most of them elderly, showed up at the Santa Clarita Senior Center for flu vaccinations Saturday, the first of two flu shot clinics scheduled at the center.
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County health officials received promised flu vaccine from the state this week and now can offer shot clinics to seniors and others at risk of complications from influenza.
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As a result of the Pentagonâs ongoing efforts to get the influenza vaccine to deployed troops and high-risk individuals, there is a chance of a âlow flu season,â the Department of Defenseâs top health official said recently.
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Regional Health Department works to make sure that area&#39;s elderly people living in group settings receive scarce flu shots. A new supply of flu vaccine is finding its way to area nursing homes.
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The U.S. military will give flu shots to troops in Iraq and other key areas overseas and to high-risk family dependents, but thousands of others will go unprotected this year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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Description: Minnesota is seeing a surplus of flu shots for high-risk patients, some of whom are forgoing the shots so others can have them.
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State health officials urged physicians yesterday to administer influenza shots only to high-risk individuals because of a nationwide vaccine shortage.
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Thousands of federal workers will be able to get free flu shots at their agencies next week if they fall into a high-risk category, the Health and Human Services Department said yesterday.
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If you&#39;re a healthy adult, you&#39;d better avoid co-workers with a cough, because chances are you won&#39;t be able to get your flu shot this season.
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About 6,000 to 8,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be available this month to St. Louis County residents who are considered to be at high risk of catching the flu.
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The federal government has diverted 300,000 doses of the flu vaccine originally meant for federal employees and the military to high-risk civilian groups, such as people older than 65 and
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State health departments, which are scrambling to ensure that their highest-risk residents get flu shots, can now log on to a secure, private government Web site
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BOSTON - The state Department of Public Health issued an order yesterday limiting distribution of the scarce influenza vaccine to people considered &quot;high risk&quot; for the virus.
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Thousands of Douglas County residents at high risk for influenza may be unable to get flu shots this year because of a shortage of vaccine.
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The Martin County Health Department is offering flu vaccines to the public while supplies last. To be eligible, recipients must fall into one of the high-risk categories: those aged
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The shortage of flu vaccine has left older people and public health officials scrambling to find shots. But the limited supply could mean that more people at high risk will get the vaccine this year.
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As the flu vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation's capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail if they give flu shots to healthy, low-risk people.