Too Few Children Are Getting Flu Vaccine
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Sept. 23, 2004 -- More American children need to get the flu vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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The District will receive more than 5,400 adult doses of flu vaccine, a major shot in the arm given the national shortfall that has left many medical providers in the city with virtually no inventory.
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While most of the country is in the midst of an influenza vaccine shortage, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued priorities for who should get immunized this flu
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ATLANTA -- Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 23, 2004 - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.
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There&#39;s enough flu vaccine available now for seniors and others at high risk, but many have given up trying to get a shot, worried health officials said yesterday.
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Some people in Eastern Iowa are still waiting to get a flu shot. But a flu fighting alternative is at their fingertips. More, but not enough people are getting the flu mist vaccine.
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Dec. 16, 2004 -- Relatively few high-risk adults have been immunized against the flu so far this season despite apparently ample vaccine supplies for those individuals in most places, federal health officials reported Thursday.
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President Bush didn't get one. Neither did most of his Cabinet. Same for Democrat John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The presidential candidates said they passed up a flu shot because of the vaccine shortage.
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Come one, come all: After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around &#151; up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced.
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Less than one-quarter of the flu vaccine the state ordered for babies, toddlers and older children with serious health conditions has arrived so far, prompting concern about whether enough will be available to fully vaccinate the estimated 280,000
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The Memorial Health Center will not be able to offer any flu vaccines this semester due to lack of availability. The United States expected a record 100 million doses of flu vaccine.
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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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New research suggests that the flu vaccine supply can be stretched by giving younger people smaller doses of the vaccine -- but it doesn&#39;t work on older people.
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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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Children with asthma should get flu shots to protect them, but only 3 in 10 do, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
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At least half of the young children who are supposed to get annual flu shots have not been doing so. Among children with chronic medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease, about two-thirds are missing out on the vaccine.