Adults, Kids Urged to Skip Flu Shot
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Josh Duignan got his first flu shot last year when his wife was pregnant with their first child. While son Ethan will get a shot this year, Duignan isn't sure whether he'll also get a chance to roll up his sleeve.
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Pointing to last year's early and  unusually harsh influenza season, U.S. health officials urged  Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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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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Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half get one, federal health officials warned as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.
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The number of toddlers vaccinated against influenza in the United States has jumped during the current flu season, but fewer older Americans are lining up for the shots, federal officials said on Thursday.
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Pointing to last year&#39;s early and unusually harsh influenza season, US health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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Federal health authorities warned Monday that it is unnecessary and potentially dangerous for old and frail people to wait in long lines for flu shots.
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Unlike last year when health officials urged more people to get flu vaccines, authorities are asking the public to save the supplies for those most at risk after half of the nation&#39;s anticipated supply of vaccine became unavailable last week.
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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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Because of a shortage of flu vaccine this year, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said only &quot;high-risk&quot; individuals should get a flu shot.
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WASHINGTON - Thirty-four percent of Americans with a relative who is at high risk of danger from getting the flu say they are worried about the vaccine shortage, according to an Associated Press poll about the crisis that has health officials scrambling
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of
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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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A CDC survey finds that American adults are failing to get themselves immunized, putting themselves at unnecessary risk for disease
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Flu shots could be restricted to young children, senior citizens and others at high risk for influenza after the nation&#39;s vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half Tuesday.
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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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WASHINGTON - Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...