Flue shots urged for young children
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. - MedImmune Inc.&#39;s FluMist vaccine will be included in the federal Vaccines for Children program next year, meaning eligible children can get the nasal spray for free.
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The number of toddlers vaccinated against influenza in the United States has jumped during the current flu season, but fewer older Americans are lining up for the shots, federal officials said on Thursday.
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A live virus in a nasal spray is much more effective than flu shots in protecting young children against the disease.
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Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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Separate flu shots in the spring and fall can protect children against infection and is easier on parents than giving two doses a month apart in the fall, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of Washington.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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Parents urged to get children vaccinated after trebling in number of cases over last 11 weeks.
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New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.
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As US authorities struggle with a possible shortage of flu vaccine on the eve of flu season, President George W. Bush suggested those who are young and healthy forego the annual shot.
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Children in smoggy areas have retarded lung development which puts them at risk of diseases, say researchers.
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Only 29 percent of U.S. children with asthma get the flu vaccine even though it is recommended to protect against serious influenza complications common with asthma, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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Local physicians and health-care officials urge Licking County&#39;s healthy adults to forgo a flu vaccine this year so those most at risk -- people 65 or older, babies and patients
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Children under 2 should not be given  over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because they are too  risky, U.S. health authorities warned on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn't be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers Thursday.
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Children under 2 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because they are too risky, U.S. health authorities warned on Thursday.
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Pointing to last year's early and  unusually harsh influenza season, U.S. health officials urged  Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.