Adults and Kids Urged to Skip Flu Shot
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While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options.     The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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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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A FEDERAL ADVISORY panel late last week recommended an easing of government restrictions on the nation&#39;s flu shot supply. The panel now recommends the shot for everyone age 50 and older.
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Atlanta- Two months after a flu vaccine shortage spread alarm across the country, a federal advisory panel recommended Friday that the government ease restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply and make shots available to everyone 50 and older.
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TORONTO (CP) - Doctors should encourage all their patients - sick and healthy - to get an annual flu shot, the Canadian task force on preventive health care suggests in a statement published Tuesday.
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At least half of the young children who are supposed to get annual flu shots have not been doing so. Among children with chronic medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease, about two-thirds are missing out on the vaccine.
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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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Fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don't get one, officials warned as they urged a special focus on babies, toddlers and the elderly when vaccinations start next month.
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More than a million people risk their health every year by not taking the offer of a flu jab, the chief medical officer warns.
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Instead of an expected flu shot shortage, the vaccine is piling up at doctors&#39; offices and clinics. The declining demand has state health authorities talking about dropping the recommended age limit for a flu shot to 50 and older from 65.
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If you&#39;re a healthy adult, you&#39;d better avoid co-workers with a cough, because chances are you won&#39;t be able to get your flu shot this season.
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THERE IS MORE TO REPORT ABOUT THE FLU SHOT SHORTAGE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE US, AND THE WORLD. THE ERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGING NOW SAYS THEY WILL HAVE TO CANCEL ALMOST ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITY FLU SHOT DISTRIBUTIONS NEXT WEEK.
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TORONTO - Doctors should encourage all their patients -- sick and healthy -- to get an annual flu shot, the Canadian task force on preventive health care suggests in a statement published Tuesday.
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(HealthDayNews) -- Many adults don't know they are supposed to be immunized against a host of germs, thinking that vaccinations are just for kids.
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TORONTO -- Doctors should encourage all their patients -- sick and healthy -- to get an annual flu shot, the Canadian task force on preventive health care suggests in a statement yesterday.
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Injecting flu vaccine in a different way could at least double the number of people afforded protection. But they&#39;re not the people who need it most, and the technique
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Instead of an expected flu shot shortage, the vaccine is piling up at doctors&#39; offices and clinics in the Valley. The declining demand has state health authorities talking about dropping the recommended age limit for a flu shot to 50 and older from 65.