Slow start to flu season comes as relief
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The 2004-05 flu season is starting slower than last year&#39;s, easing some fears about the nation&#39;s shortage of flu vaccine. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 29
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This year&#39;s flu season has claimed its first casualties in the New York City area. Four senior citizens died and 13 others were hospitalized after a recent outbreak in a Queens nursing home.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting some to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are considering easing the restrictions.
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LONG lines of anxious people have begun showing up at clinics across the United States as people scramble for flu vaccines. Hopes of averting a flu inoculation crisis as winter approaches have been dashed
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MedImmune said last week that it has resolved problems with the manufacturing of its nasal flu vaccine FluMist, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to allow the company to ship the product in time for flu season.
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported today.
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State health officials further eased restrictions on the flu vaccine yesterday, making the shots available to people 50 and older.
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The government is pressing to buy more flu vaccine despite a slow start to the flu season. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of
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The influenza B type disease which was spreading in the Southern part of the country is now under control, the Health authorities claimed yesterday.
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Pope John Paul II had a restful night and his condition stabilized after he was rushed to a hospital with breathing trouble, but he will spend several more days at the clinic to recover from the flu, the Vatican said Wednesday.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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Anyone who thought this flu season wasn&#39;t going to be a mess need only see the hordes of area residents who turned out at the First Presbyterian Church in Mansfield on Tuesday morning.
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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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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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If you&#39;re in a group considered vulnerable to flu, two government physicians have some reassuring words for you. Chances are good you&#39;ll be able to receive a flu shot this year
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Good news for people still in need of flu shots this season, the Onondaga County Health Department has scheduled a public clinic for next week.