Luckily, it&#39;s looking like a light flu season
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Government health officials gave an upbeat flu report yesterday, telling Congress that early signs point to a light flu season and that 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine may soon be available.
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Anyone who thought this flu season wasn&#39;t going to be a mess need only see the hordes of area residents who turned out at the First Presbyterian Church in Mansfield on Tuesday morning.
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Unfortunately, when we&#39;re talking about flu vaccinations and not Cabbage Patch dolls, the bottom line is very different for those most vulnerable to illness - the elderly and the very young.
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There's still time to get a flu shot. Federal health officials reminded people Monday that the flu season usually doesn't peak until February or later. There's more than enough vaccine to go around.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Last year's influenza vaccine was far from a perfect match against the virus that sickened people, but it offered more protection from the illness than experts had previously thought.    In very young children, the shot was found to be 25 percent to 49 percent effective in preventing influenza-like illness, which is a suspected case of flu that wasn't confirmed in a laboratory...
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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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Your nose may be running, and you may not have been able to get a flu shot this year, but look on the bright side; youâre living in one of the healthiest states in the nation.
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The flu season may be starting out slowly, but experts say New Yorkers shouldn&#39;t let their guard down. New York and Delaware are the only states to report significant flu outbreaks this
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Seasonal influenza is spreading widely throughout the United States, with nearly half the cases caused by strains of the virus that are not directly covered by this year's flu vaccine.
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At a clinic almost in the shadow of the Chiron plant, a poster says to &quot;make an appointment today for your free flu jab.&quot;.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting at least four of them in recent weeks to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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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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In the midst of the United States&#39; flu vaccine shortage, two studies have shown that the jab could still work at a fraction of its normal strength.
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If avoiding the misery of the flu isn&#39;t enough to send you scurrying to your doctor&#39;s office as soon as the annual flu shot becomes available, here&#39;s another good reason -- it might just keep you out of the hospital.
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PITTSBURGH -- Flu season typically peaks between December and March, and so now is the time that those most at risk need to get the shot.
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ATLANTA The flu season is off to a slow start, to the relief of government health authorities dealing with a vaccine shortage. Only Delaware and New York are reporting significant flu activity.
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The mad scramble for flu shots that occurred last fall when the season struck hard and early is not likely to be repeated this year, as a record number of doses will be delivered by the end of October.