Flu Vaccination Rates Low for High-Risk People
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Dec. 16, 2004 -- Relatively few high-risk adults have been immunized against the flu so far this season despite apparently ample vaccine supplies for those individuals in most places, federal health officials reported Thursday.
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A study shows that yearly vaccination against influenza results in lower mortality among older people. Have you had your flu jab yet?
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HALIFAX - Clinics in two provinces have cut back on giving flu shots to everyone but high-risk patients because of fears of a vaccine shortage.
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.
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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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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported yesterday.
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It's shaping up to be a bad flu season, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the current vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs. The flu shot is a good match for only about 40 percent of this year's flu viruses.
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Michigan has a little less than half the flu vaccine doses needed for priority groups, including the chronically ill and the elderly, health officials said Friday.
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The shortage of flu vaccine this fall poses serious challenges for employers concerned about productivity, and for low-wage workers who don't have paid sick leave and can't afford to miss a day.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans aren&#39;t getting vaccinated for the flu, including those most at risk -- seniors, children and health-care workers -- U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.
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The Martin County Health Department is offering flu vaccines to the public while supplies last. To be eligible, recipients must fall into one of the high-risk categories: those aged
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There&#39;s enough flu vaccine available now for seniors and others at high risk, but many have given up trying to get a shot, worried health officials said yesterday.
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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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Michigan has 3.4 million people in the high-risk categories to get the flu, but only 2 million doses are available, the state health department said Thursday.
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Only 2 percent of U.S. adults last year got a shot that can protect them from painful bouts of shingles, health officials said on Wednesday in a study that shows what they call unacceptably low rates of adult vaccination against a range of diseases.
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COLUMBIA, SC -- There is good news for people deemed high risk for the flu who missed their first chance at a flu vaccine. The Department of Health and Environmental Control said Friday afternoon that 190,000
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SACRAMENTO The state&#39;s top health official has ordered doctors and health care workers to reserve flu shots for high-risk patients such as the elderly and young children.