Flu study sees increase in numbers hospitalized
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed over the past 20 years to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.
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Influenza-related hospitalizations have increased dramatically in the US in the last two decades, in part because of the aging population, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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US health officials said Thursday they have secured an additional 1 million doses of FluMist, a nasal spray flu vaccine. This increases the total flu
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The District is seeing more avoidable hospitalizations among children and middle-aged adults, a puzzling trend that includes insured and uninsured groups and raises complex issues of health-care access, quality and capacity.
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The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in gay and bisexual men has risen in many U.S. states, according to a federal study on Wednesday which stoked concerns AIDS may be poised for a resurgence in the country.
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Only a few cases of influenza have surfaced regionally, but more organizations offering the flu vaccine are popping up. The Visiting Nurse Foundation, Butler Memorial Hospital and Butler Veterans Affairs Medical
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Government health officials gave an upbeat flu report yesterday, telling Congress that early signs point to a light flu season and that 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine may soon be available.
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New data from the city's Health Department show an increase in H.I.V. infection rates among young men.
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Anticipating California will soon receive as many as 650,000 additional doses of flu vaccine, state officials yesterday expanded eligibility for the shots to people ages 50 to 64, emergency
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Demand for flu vaccines by high risk patients has increased significantly in British Columbia, Canada, says health officials from the Centre for Disease Control.
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A strain of a common bug with properties linked to increased virulence has become predominant in several US hospitals, prompting researchers to suggest it may be responsible for the sharp increase in cases and severity of disease in parts of the United
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One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey.
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Each year the influenza virus infects between 5 percent and 20 percent of our country&#39;s population, bringing 200,000 hospitalizations and more than 36,000 deaths.
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Last year over 36,000 Americans died from exposure to the flu, and of those, more than 32,000 were 65 years of age or older. Another 200,000 people were hospitalized with symptoms of the illness.
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Palm Beach County stands to get 4,000 more doses of flu vaccine, and Broward County also may ask for more from a shipment of 60,000 that the Florida Department of Health bought from California.
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The chance of getting a flu shot got a little better for some yesterday when the state got word it would receive more than 262,600 additional doses.
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The flu season may be starting out slowly, but experts say New Yorkers shouldn&#39;t let their guard down. New York and Delaware are the only states to report significant flu outbreaks this