Many Americans skipping flu shot
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Millions of Americans considered at high risk for getting the flu - but put off by shortages, long lines or simply unaware they were eligible - failed to get a flu shot by the end of November, a new government survey indicates.
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If one of your New Year&#39;s resolutions is to get a flu shot, it&#39;s one you don&#39;t want to put off much longer. Only about 250 doses of flu vaccine are still available to residents of Yellowstone
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Fewer than half the Americans who most need a flu shot actually get one, and only a fraction of babies and toddlers - among the most vulnerable to flu&#39;s complications - were fully vaccinated
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WASHINGTON - Americans' supply of flu vaccine was cut in half Tuesday as Britain abruptly shut down a major supplier just as flu season is about to begin. Facing a record shortage, U.S...
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Description: Minnesota is seeing a surplus of flu shots for high-risk patients, some of whom are forgoing the shots so others can have them.
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Long lines have formed at flu clinics in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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It&#39;s the time of year when people start thinking about getting a flu shot. A manufacturing problem had delayed shipments intended to arrive over the summer.
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More than half of the many Americans with a relative who is at high risk of danger from getting the flu say they're worried about the vaccine shortage, according to an Associated Press poll about the crisis that has health officials scrambling for solutions and politicians blaming each other.
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported today.
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A CDC survey finds that American adults are failing to get themselves immunized, putting themselves at unnecessary risk for disease
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More than half of all elderly or chronically ill adults have not even tried to get flu shots, and health officials are now worried that doses of the vaccine could go to waste.
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.
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RICHMOND, Va. State health officials are urging healthy Virginians to skip or delay getting flu shots this fall to save the scarce vaccine for people who are at high risk of experiencing serious complications if they catch the disease.
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Some people in Eastern Iowa are still waiting to get a flu shot. But a flu fighting alternative is at their fingertips. More, but not enough people are getting the flu mist vaccine.
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President Bush didn't get one. Neither did most of his Cabinet. Same for Democrat John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The presidential candidates said they passed up a flu shot because of the vaccine shortage.
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The flu killed 36,000 Americans last year - more than 32,000 were 65 or older â-espite the highest immunization rate ever. Over 83 million were immunized but still only six of every ten senior citizens
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RALEIGH - More than half of the people at risk for flu shots aren&#39;t getting them, federal health officials have found. Overall, about 75 percent of the nation&#39;s flu vaccine does go to high-priority populations