Many Children Lack Flu Shots, Study Finds
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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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King County public health officials warned yesterday that a nationwide shortage of influenza vaccines would leave many local residents without access to flu shots this fall.
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Children would likely be both prime spreaders and targets of a flu pandemic, but they're being overlooked in the nation's preparations for the next super-flu, pediatricians and public health advocates reported Wednesday.
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Forget about getting a flu shot this year unless you&#39;re at high risk of developing complications from the virus. Even then, it may be difficult to find the vaccine.
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During last year's influenza  season, the number of infants and toddlers in the US who were  vaccinated against the flu varied by tenfold between different  locations, according to a new report.
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Fewer than half of Americans plan to get the flu vaccine this year, mostly because they do not worry about flu, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
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Nine children have died of flu this  season in Alabama, an unusually high number that has some  experts worried, a pediatrician said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - Most healthy adults should delay or skip getting flu shots this year so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies, U.S. health officials said Tuesday as they scrambled to manage a surprise - and record - shortage...
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Health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children for influenza to prevent a repeat of last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.
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Sep 23, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Few children between the ages of 6 and 23 months received influenza shots in the 2002-03 flu season, which marked the first time federal health officials formally encouraged shots for that age-group, according to the Centers
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Too many Americans aren't getting vaccinated for the flu, including those most at risk -- seniors, children and health-care workers -- U.S. health officials warned Wednesday.
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Long lines have formed at flu clinics held in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of flu vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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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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MIAMI -- Hundreds of people lined up at South Florida stores and pharmacies to get flu shots Wednesday, only to learn that the vaccine is running out -- and not everyone who wants one is qualifying to get a shot.
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Millions of Americans considered at high risk for getting the flu - but put off by shortages, long lines or simply unaware they were eligible - failed to get a flu shot by the end of November, a new government survey indicates.
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WASHINGTON - Many of the nation's scarce remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for high-risk patients, under a plan negotiated between the government and maker Aventis Pasteur.    The targeted shipments come as health officials struggle to ensure the people who most need flu shots get them, now that the nation's supply of influenza vaccine has been slashed in half...
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NEW YORK  - Estimates show that vaccinating fewer than 50 children who are 5 years old or younger against the flu prevents one flu-related visit to the doctor's office or emergency room, according to a new report.