Routine Flu Shots for Toddlers 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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Who should get the flu shot first: A sick nursing-home resident or a toddler? A pregnant woman or a jail inmate with AIDS? Those are the choices health officials across the country
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With a greater realization that influenza kills many infants, national health officials said yesterday they are pressing a campaign to assure tots get vaccinated before the flu season starts in December.
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TORONTO (CP) - A single dose of flu vaccine could be stretched to protect as many as five people if split into smaller doses and delivered directly into the skin rather than into the muscle of the upper arm, two studies rushed to print Wednesday suggest.
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DENVER - While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options. The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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Marcia Tolin spent the better part of a day last week trying to find FluMist, the nasal spray that&#39;s now the only option for healthy people ages 5 to 49 who want vaccine protection against the flu this fall.
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MARION -- The Marion County Health Department currently has a limited supply of flu vaccine for high-risk children and the shots will only will be given during the regular Infant and Childhood Immunization Clinic held on Tuesdays.
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(HealthDay News) - Children are in constant contact with germs, and can easily spread them to others. Flu is a particularly nasty nemesis, but it can be prevented.
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U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they approved the Flumist nasal spray influenza vaccine for children between ages 2 and 5.
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By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 14--With the flu season expected to peak next month, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine reported today that vaccinating schoolchildren against the disease reduces not only their risk but that of their families as well.
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Children with flu who are given  Tamiflu, Roche AG's influenza pill, are 53 percent less likely  to develop pneumonia than untreated children, the company  reported on Friday.
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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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TUESDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Your toddler's been up half the night, crying and tugging on his ear, and by now you know the routine. Call the doctor, get a prescription for an antibiotic, race to the pharmacy and get him on the road to recovery from that ear infection.
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The number of toddlers vaccinated  against influenza in the United States has jumped during the  current flu season, but fewer older Americans are lining up for  the shots, federal officials said on Thursday.
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During last year's influenza  season, the number of infants and toddlers in the US who were  vaccinated against the flu varied by tenfold between different  locations, according to a new report.
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A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get
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Fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don't get one, officials warned as they urged a special focus on babies, toddlers and the elderly when vaccinations start next month.