Panel Recommends Meningitis Shots
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All college freshmen who live in dorms should be vaccinated for meningitis, a government panel recommended for the first time, reversing policy of the past.
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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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TORONTO - Doctors should encourage all their patients -- sick and healthy -- to get an annual flu shot, the Canadian task force on preventive health care suggests in a statement published Tuesday.
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ATLANTA -- Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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All Canadians over the age of six months should be vaccinated against the flu, a Canadian task force on preventive health care suggests.
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The CDC&#39;s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday will meet to consider easing its recommendations on who should receive flu vaccinations as a new survey finds that only 34.8% of high-risk residents were vaccinated and as health officials
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Health chiefs are considering a new jab to protect babies against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia.
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LONDON -- A new meningitis vaccine offers hope to end devastating epidemics that have plagued West Africa the last century, according to recent studies. The new vaccine protects against meningitis A, the deadliest form of the disease and seen primarily in Africa.
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Now that a hard-to-get meningitis vaccine is more plentiful, health experts recommended Wednesday that the shots be given to all children ages 11-18.
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Pupils at a school are offered antibiotics after three pupils contract a bug that can cause meningitis.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Expanded use of the FluMist vaccine for children and revised meningococcal vaccination guidelines for teens are part of new immunization recommendations released Friday.
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A new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies
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A drug treatment combination can reduce deaths from tuberculosis meningitis by up to a third, scientists believe.
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A vaccine targeting a deadly strain of  meningitis proved to be safe and highly effective in protecting  African children, researchers said on Friday, raising hope that  it may help prevent epidemics that afflict many African  countries.
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A panel of US experts on Wednesday unanimously agreed that a new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective, but said follow-up data was needed.
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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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Two months after a flu vaccine shortage spread alarm across the country, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday the government ease restrictions