Thousands Line Up For Flu Shots
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LAS CRUCES, NM -- About 3,500 people heeded the warnings of a flu vaccine shortage and took advantage of a clinic at Memorial Medical Center Saturday.
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LONG lines of anxious people have begun showing up at clinics across the United States as people scramble for flu vaccines. Hopes of averting a flu inoculation crisis as winter approaches have been dashed
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Hundreds of thousands of health workers and volunteers fanned out across Bangladesh on Sunday in an effort to immunize 24 million children against polio after the disease recently resurfaced.
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Lucky winners of Montgomery County&#39;s flu shot lottery began rolling up their sleeves Thursday. Health officials planned to give out about half of their 800 available injections, with the remainder to be doled out Friday.
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Health officials yesterday said 22.4 million unshipped doses of flu vaccine will be made available to people who are most at risk of getting the virus.
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Less than one-quarter of the flu vaccine the state ordered for babies, toddlers and older children with serious health conditions has arrived so far, prompting concern about whether enough will be available to fully vaccinate the estimated 280,000
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After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around  -  up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced
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State health officials will now be allocating flu vaccines as high-risk individuals seek out the remaining supply of shots, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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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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Syringes are loaded with influenza vaccine at a Chiron facility in Liverpool, England, in an undated photo provided by Chiron Corp.
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Last month, people desperate for flu shots began lining up as early as 5 am at Chicago Public Health Department clinics. Thanks to a new shipment of vaccines, the city is offering a second round of flu clinics
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Prioritizing flu shots for those most in need is proving difficult as inventories of hospitals, nursing homes and individual physicians are surveyed in the Washington region.
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- People most vulnerable to contracting the flu should not be standing in long lines for the vaccine because there should be enough for all who need it, federal officials said today.
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Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super-strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released Tuesday.
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The flu vaccine shortage the United States is experiencing demands that everyone remain calm and give those at highest risk of serious illness or death first chance in line.
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With roughly 38,000 more doses of flu vaccine flowing into the state, officials are now pleading with those at risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu to get a shot.
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Charlotte -- Nearly 1,000 people lined up before the sun rose Sunday morning for a drive-up flu clinic. The Mecklenburg County Health Department sponsored the event at the Charlotte Coliseum.