Task Force Calls for Everyone to Get Flu Shot
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The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is recommending everyone get an annual flu shot. The task force had previously recommended influenza vaccination for individuals who faced a high risk of serious complications from the flu.
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State health officials urged physicians yesterday to administer influenza shots only to high-risk individuals because of a nationwide vaccine shortage.
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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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With roughly 38,000 more doses of flu vaccine flowing into the state, officials are now pleading with those at risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu to get a shot.
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.
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WASHINGTON Federal health officials warned today that fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don&#39;t get one.
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A federal advisory panel yesterday recommended expanding the groups considered a priority for receiving flu shots if vaccine is available.
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A FEDERAL ADVISORY panel late last week recommended an easing of government restrictions on the nation&#39;s flu shot supply. The panel now recommends the shot for everyone age 50 and older.
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- People most vulnerable to contracting the flu should not be standing in long lines for the vaccine because there should be enough for all who need it, federal officials said today.
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Health officials say there is not enough flu vaccine for the area&#39;s high-risk population because of a nationwide shortage of vaccine.
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With a greater realization that influenza kills many infants, national health officials said yesterday they are pressing a campaign to assure tots get vaccinated before the flu season starts in December.
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Atlanta- Two months after a flu vaccine shortage spread alarm across the country, a federal advisory panel recommended Friday that the government ease restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply and make shots available to everyone 50 and older.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Department of Health is seeking nearly 100,000 additional doses of flu vaccine for statewide distribution.
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More than half of all elderly or chronically ill adults have not even tried to get flu shots, and health officials are now worried that doses of the vaccine could go to waste.
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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation&#39;s supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.
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About 6,000 to 8,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be available this month to St. Louis County residents who are considered to be at high risk of catching the flu.
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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.