Fines, Jail Used to Enforce Flu Shot Rules
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LANSING, Mich. - Thinking of trying to wheedle a flu shot from your doctor even though you're not at high-risk for flu complications? Forget about it in Michigan...
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It was Bud Brown&#39;s boss at Freddie&#39;s Casino in Everett who encouraged him to get a flu shot this year. Normally that would mean little more than driving to his doctor&#39;s office and rolling up his sleeve.
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LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County health department today will give free flu shots to at-risk residents at 16 clinics across the county.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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A 39-year-old Douglas County resident has the flu. The Douglas County Health Department ran confirmation tests on cultures Tuesday.
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MINNEAPOLIS - A woman who gave what she said were flu shots to more than two dozen people, then fled when asked for information about her credentials, was arrested Friday, police said.
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People 50 and older became eligible for flu shots Monday after Clark County health officials revised guidelines for the influenza vaccine.
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Bee Medical Writer. State health officials Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering all health care providers to limit flu shots to those at highest risk of serious illness or death from the disease.
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Government guidelines are expected next week to help better organize flu-vaccination clinics and avoid misery, chaos and even death as people have waited hours to get a shot.
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Livingston County health officials have pulled together enough doses of flu vaccine to offer a public clinic Nov. 4 for high-risk adults.
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Massachusetts public health authorities imposed new restrictions yesterday on the use of flu vaccine after learning that about 1 million shots will be available
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12/5/04- A woman has been arrested for allegedly setting up a fake flu shot clinic on a college campus in Minnesota this week. When you see a security alert on doors all over the Augsburg College campus, you
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TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey officials now have some muscle to control the flu vaccine shortage. Gov. James McGreevey has signed into law emergency legislation that would fine doctors $500 who inoculate low-risk people.
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As the vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation&#39;s capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail
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Elkhart County, IN - If you are still looking to get a flu shot, listen up! The Elkhart County Health Department says it has received the rest of the flu vaccine it ordered for the flu season and that totals about 600 doses.
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The Delaware County Health Department has received more flu vaccine and plans a clinic aimed at vaccinating at-risk children. The department received another 880 doses of flu vaccine
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Who should get the flu shot first: A sick nursing home resident or a toddler? A pregnant woman or a jail inmate with AIDS?