Estimated flu hospitalizations increase
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The estimated number of influenza-associated hospitalizations among elderly patients has increased substantially during the past 20 years, a US study found.
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The Moore County Health Department expects a large shipment of flu vaccine in mid-January, enough to schedule a flu clinic. The date will be announced when it is scheduled.
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The New York state Department of Health is sending tens of thousands of additional flu vaccine doses to the state&#39;s 62 counties.
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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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NEW VACCINE: State officials expect to receive about 77,000 doses of flu vaccine between now and Dec. 1. That is half of what the state ordered for local health departments and visiting nurses.
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US Medicare patients&#39; monthly premiums for outpatient care will jump a record US$11.60 next year, while deductibles for hospitalized patients will rise US$36, the biggest increase in 14 years, reported Monday&#39;s China Daily.
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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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The number of seniors vaccinated for  flu and pneumococcal infections rose in most of the United  States last year, but remained below the government's target  for this high-risk group, federal officials said on Thursday.
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Michigan&#39;s flu vaccine supply will get a boost in the coming weeks from the federal government, which has promised an additional 300,000 doses to state and local health departments, state health officials said Friday.
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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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Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January. The amount doesn&#39;t come close to
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The Delaware County Health Department has received more flu vaccine and plans a clinic aimed at vaccinating at-risk children. The department received another 880 doses of flu vaccine
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- An increase in flu incidence among children and adults in recent years in Britain revealed trends and problems with an initially successful vaccination program, according to researchers.
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Just a month ago, the US government was predicting more than a 100 million doses of vaccine would be available for this yearâs flu seasonâthe highest ever.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY: Nearly 1,000 people at high risk of getting the flu called a county phone bank yesterday to register for flu shots.
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Hong Kong's air pollution is causing higher hospitalization of elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, an academic study has found, and experts on Tuesday called for urgent improvements in the city's air quality.
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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.