Annual vaccination against influenza associated with decreased ...
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A study from the Netherlands suggests that elderly persons who receive a yearly influenza vaccination have reduced risk of death from all causes, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA.
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It's shaping up to be a bad flu season, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the current vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs. The flu shot is a good match for only about 40 percent of this year's flu viruses.
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The risk of a flu pandemic remains high despite possible public fatigue with the issue, but the World Health Organization is hopeful the bird flu virus will do less damage than in past years during Asia's upcoming colder months, an official said Sunday.
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NEW YORK  - A distinct reaction following a  flu shot, which affects perhaps 3 or 4 people out of every 100  who are vaccinated, frequently occurs again when they're  re-vaccinated.
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The CDC&#39;s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday will meet to consider easing its recommendations on who should receive flu vaccinations as a new survey finds that only 34.8% of high-risk residents were vaccinated and as health officials
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WASHINGTON - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.    A record 100 million doses of flu vaccine will be available this year, the vast majority of it shipped to doctors' offices by the end of October, said Dr...
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Fewer than half the Americans who most need a flu shot actually get one, and only a fraction of babies and toddlers - among the most vulnerable to flu&#39;s complications - were fully vaccinated
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Each year the influenza virus infects between 5 percent and 20 percent of our country&#39;s population, bringing 200,000 hospitalizations and more than 36,000 deaths.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting some to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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Dec. 16, 2004 -- Relatively few high-risk adults have been immunized against the flu so far this season despite apparently ample vaccine supplies for those individuals in most places, federal health officials reported Thursday.
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among residents.
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Healthy Wisconsin residents most likely won&#39;t get flu shots this year, after a surprise announcement by British health officials Tuesday halved the United States&#39; flu vaccine supply.
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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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The government is considering making commitments to buy a certain number of flu shots each year to help bolster supplies and avoid severe shortages like the current one.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. flu rates would drop dramatically if the majority of schoolchildren, as well as members of high-risk groups, were vaccinated every fall, a new study suggests.
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Administering flu vaccines under the tongue may be more effective and offer more protection than injecting or inhaling the drug, a study with mice in South Korea has found.
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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.