State sets flu shot priority
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BOSTON - The state Department of Public Health issued an order yesterday limiting distribution of the scarce influenza vaccine to people considered &quot;high risk&quot; for the virus.
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RICHMOND, Va. State health officials are urging healthy Virginians to skip or delay getting flu shots this fall to save the scarce vaccine for people who are at high risk of experiencing serious complications if they catch the disease.
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Federal health officials announced a distribution plan yesterday for the remaining 10.3 million doses of flu vaccine, divvying it up to states based on how many high-risk people each has and the number of doses already received.
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Health department officials have scheduled a three-day vaccine clinic in Macon next week for flu and pneumonia shots. The Macon-Bibb County Health Department will be vaccinating people between
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Onondaga County will hold three public flu clinics over the next month. The announcement comes after they received 2,100 more doses of the flu vaccine from the New York State Department of Health.
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The Huntsville-Madison County health department will receive 4,520 doses of vaccine from the state on Monday and plans flu shot clinics next week for people at high risk of health problems
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Stephenson County, Illinois- Stateline residents, who are considered high risk for contracting the flu, will now have their chance to get vaccinated.
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Nov. 5 - State health officer Dr. Don Williamson says county health departments will be getting another batch of flu vaccine. They should be available in the next week or so.
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Any Stearns County resident who is at high risk for the flu should call his or her clinic to try to get the vaccine, county officials say.
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Local public health officials are asking private clinics and doctors offices to postpone giving the flu vaccine until they have a better idea of how much will be available this flu season.
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State officials are asking local health departments with flu vaccine to share 10 percent of it with other departments that have little or none because of the national shortage.
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ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday it is shifting responsibility to distribute most of the country&#39;s remaining doses of flu vaccine to state health departments, which will decide who in the high-risk groups will get
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The state is seeking help from the federal government to determine which areas of Michigan have been hit hardest by an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine.
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SPRINGFIELD -- As the clock keeps ticking on the fate of thousands of flu vaccine doses the state ordered from companies overseas, Gov.
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There&#39;s new information concerning the flu shot shortage situation. For the first time this flu season, some healthy Kentuckians will be able to get the shot and the state will also receive a supply of a vaccine
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Warnings of a possible worldwide flu outbreak have local health officials spreading the word: Get in early for a vaccination. County health officials say preparation is essential since the Centers
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SACRAMENTO The state&#39;s top health official has ordered doctors and health care workers to reserve flu shots for high-risk patients such as the elderly and young children.