Flu Vaccine for Youths Can Aid Families: UM Researchers Report Fewer Cases of Flu When Children Are Protected
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By Dennis O'Brien, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 14--With the flu season expected to peak next month, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine reported today that vaccinating schoolchildren against the disease reduces not only their risk but that of their families as well.
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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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A study suggests giving the flu vaccine under the tongue could prove more effective, as well as eliminating the need for needles.
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Far too few young children get annual flu shots, particularly those who are most at risk of serious illness or death because they have asthma or other chronic diseases.
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A new version of the nasal spray vaccine  FluMist is better at preventing influenza than traditional flu  shots in older babies and children, according to a study  sponsored by its maker, MedImmune.
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Fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don't get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they urged a special focus on babies, toddlers and the elderly when vaccinations start next month.
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ATLANTA -- Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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Douglas County Health and Social Services is offering flu vaccines for children ages 6 months to 18 years of age in high-risk priority groups.
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among resident.
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NEW YORK  - Adolescents and some adults  should be revaccinated against pertussis, also known as  "whopping cough," to decrease the risk of transmission to  infants, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn't perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu.
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New research suggests that the flu vaccine supply can be stretched by giving younger people smaller doses of the vaccine -- but it doesn&#39;t work on older people.
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Only about half of young children who are supposed to get annual flu shots have been doing so, a percentage that drops to less than a third when it comes to children with chronic medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
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Common misconceptions about influenza and the flu vaccine may be preventing people from getting vaccinated, a new survey has found.
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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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RALEIGH - More than half of the people at risk for flu shots aren&#39;t getting them, federal health officials have found. Overall, about 75 percent of the nation&#39;s flu vaccine does go to high-priority populations
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THURSDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Most young U.S. children are getting their recommended vaccinations, but rates for teens are lagging, especially for some newer vaccines, U.S. health officials announced Thursday.