Panel recommends easing of flu shot restrictions
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(Atlanta-AP, Dec. 17, 2004 4:40 PM) _ A federal panel says flu shots should be made available to everyone 50 and older -- not just the elderly, infants or those with chronic health problems.
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People with conditions such as asthma, and those over 65, are urged to get a flu jab to avoid falling ill this winter.
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States have begun dropping their restrictions on flu shots now that falling demand has led to surpluses, and some health officials want the federal government to take similar action.
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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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At least one local health department has set guidelines for who may received flu vaccine that are tougher than the limits spelled out in an emergency order from the state.
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New research suggests that giving flu vaccine in a novel way can stretch doses and protect more people, but it didn&#39;t work as well in those over 60 and is too experimental to be used to ease this year&#39;s shortage, experts say.
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Bee Medical Writer. State health officials Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering all health care providers to limit flu shots to those at highest risk of serious illness or death from the disease.
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Though a federal advisory committee has recommended easing restrictions on flu vaccine, state and local officials said Saturday that the shots will not be available this week to healthy people between the ages of 50 and 65.
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A federal panel recommended Friday that anyone over 50 be allowed to get a flu shot, hoping to avoid widespread waste of the previously sought-after vaccine.
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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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Public health experts in Hong Kong are urging governments to stretch limited stockpiles of bird flu vaccines and lower the dosage used, arguing that such a strategy would reduce overall infection rates.
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All adults 50 and older in Massachusetts are now eligible for flu shots, state public health officials announced yesterday. The change in state guidelines
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United States health officials, taking another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to four million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a ...
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation's supply of flu vaccine.
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New research suggests that giving flu vaccine in a novel way can stretch doses and protect more people, but it didnât work as well in those over 60 and is too experimental to be used to ease this yearâs shortage, experts say.
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Flu shots will be prohibited for anyone not in a high-risk priority group under an emergency rule the District's acting health director plans to issue Friday.
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U.S. health officials turned to a  back-up plan for flu season on Wednesday, working to  redistribute doses of vaccine after losing half the anticipated  supply.