Health Tip: Protect Your Child From Flu
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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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Only 29 percent of U.S. children  with asthma get the flu vaccine even though it is recommended  to protect against serious influenza complications common with  asthma, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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If you catch a cold or get the flu this winter, be very careful if you take more than one medication to ease your symptoms. The two drugs could share ingredients that could pose a danger
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SUNDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Here's some back-to-school meal and snacking advice to help protect your children from tooth decay -- the single most common chronic childhood illness, affecting more than half of children aged 5 to 17 years.
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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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Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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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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TRENTON, N.J. - The wisdom mothers have been dispensing for ages - wash your hands, eat your vegetables, go to bed earlier - turns out to be great advice for avoiding the flu...
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Douglas County Health and Social Services is offering flu vaccines for children ages 6 months to 18 years of age in high-risk priority groups.
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ATLANTA -- Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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Baby boomers, wash your hands and cover your mouths. The country's supply of vaccine for influenza, or the flu, was cut in half last week when CHIRON, an English company that makes flu vaccine, had its ...
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as 2 years old can be given the nasal spray influenza vaccine FluMist, U.S. vaccine advisers recommended Wednesday.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Federal health officials estimate that 94.9 million U.S. adults and children are at high risk for influenza and should be vaccinated.
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When the flu hits and you&#39;re confined to bed, bath and not very far beyond, remember that you&#39;re suffering from the free-market flu.
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Sep 23, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Few children between the ages of 6 and 23 months received influenza shots in the 2002-03 flu season, which marked the first time federal health officials formally encouraged shots for that age-group, according to the Centers
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed substantially over the past two decades to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.    Severe cases of the flu can result in pneumonia, dehydration or a worsening of chronic medical conditions, and can be life-threatening - especially for the very old or the very young...
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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.