CDC Flu Plan Protects High-Risk Patients
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Many of the nation's scarce remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for high-risk patients, under a plan negotiated between the government and maker Aventis Pasteur.
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(Miami, Florida) Oct. 27, 2004 - Ian Torres is healthy, so he isn&#39;t getting a flu shot this year, but he works in healthcare, so he wants to be protected, &quot;I&#39;m constantly in and out of doctors offices and hospitals.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could
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The sudden shortage of flu vaccine has raised questions about how people can protect themselves during the coming flu season. USA Today reporter Anita Manning asked infectious disease experts for advice.
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ATLANTA -- The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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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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State health officials announced the first flu case of the year on Thursday and reminded residents to take extra care to prevent the spread of the virus because of the ongoing vaccine shortage.
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The remaining 10.3 million doses of flu vaccine will be divided up between states based on how many high-risk people each has and the number of doses already received.
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About 22.4 million doses of Aventis Pasteur flu vaccine that have not been shipped to customers will be redirected to public health departments, nursing homes and veterans hospitals to serve those most at risk, health officials said Tuesday.
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More than 100 million doses of   influenza vaccine, the largest number ever shipped, will be   available for the U.S. market this flu season, the U.S. Centers   for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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A committee working for the CDC is expected to decide Friday whether to recommend more people be vaccinated. If you live in Cumberland County and are at high risk of catching the flu, you can still be vaccinated.
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The federal government's voluminous plans for dealing with pandemic flu do not adequately account for the overwhelming strain an outbreak would place on hospitals and public health systems trying to cope with millions of seriously ill Americans, some public health experts and local health officials...
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Thousands of federal workers will be able to get free flu shots next week if they fall into a high-risk category, the Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday.
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ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday it is shifting responsibility to distribute most of the country&#39;s remaining doses of flu vaccine to state health departments, which will decide who in the high-risk groups will get
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The U.S. military will give flu  shots to troops in Iraq and other key areas overseas and to  high-risk family dependents, but thousands of others will go  unprotected this year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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Enough flu vaccine exists to protect most of those at the highest risk of developing serious complications, federal officials said during a stop in Detroit on Tuesday as
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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.