Flu shots suggested 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 last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.
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Syrups and other anti-flu medicines should not be given to children who are six years old or younger, a independent advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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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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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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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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Young people aged 11 to 18 should get a shot that protects them from the most dangerous type of meningitis, advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get
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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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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.
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ATLANTA -- Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Two new nasally administered  vaccines for respiratory infections are being tested, and  researchers now say that giving them together to young children  appears feasible.
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Only about half of young children who are supposed to get annual flu shots have been doing so, a percentage that drops to less than a third when it comes to children with chronic medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
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The Department of Health is considering introducing a new jab to protect babies against bacterial meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia.
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Now that a hard-to-get meningitis vaccine is more plentiful, health experts recommended Wednesday that the shots be given to all children ages 11-18.
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.
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Hong Kong&#39;s government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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The Rappahannock Area Health District will have additional flu vaccine for at-risk children beginning next week. Dr. Donald Stern, director, said yesterday that area health department offices will offer the flu shots to eligible children until March.