Few children under 2 received flu shots in 2002-03
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Sep 23, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Few children between the ages of 6 and 23 months received influenza shots in the 2002-03 flu season, which marked the first time federal health officials formally encouraged shots for that age-group, according to the Centers
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Only 29 percent of U.S. children with asthma get the flu vaccine even though it is recommended to protect against serious influenza complications common with asthma, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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HONG KONG : Two more children have come down with fever and symptoms of respiratory infections in a hospital where an outbreak of flu has claimed one life and stricken another 33.
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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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Immunization rates for young U.S.  children stayed at record levels in 2006, but a government  survey released on Thursday showed that many teens were not  getting their recommended shots.
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State health authorities are recommending looser guidelines for the flu vaccine, extending the injections to people down to age 50 and to certain children ages 2 to 18.
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COLUMBIA, SC -- There is good news for people deemed high risk for the flu who missed their first chance at a flu vaccine. The Department of Health and Environmental Control said Friday afternoon that 190,000
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The additional doses bring the the total US flu vaccine supply to 61 million doses, all coming from Aventis Pasteur. FluMist is approved for those ages 5-49.
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Some poor children in Ohio who qualify for flu shots may have to wait for them because of questions over doctors being reimbursed through a Medicaid program.
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In October and November Americans stood in line for hours to get one of the precious few flu shots. But now that more vaccine is available &#151; with a few million more doses expected from British and German suppliers &#151; demand is dwindling.
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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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Flu shots are still in high demand around Alabama, especially in the state&#39;s less populated areas. Places like Eufaula haven&#39;t received as many shots as they had hoped for.
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Children with flu who are given Tamiflu, Roche AG's influenza pill, are 53 percent less likely to develop pneumonia than untreated children, the company reported on Friday.
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Fewer than half the Americans who most need a flu shot actually get one, and only a fraction of babies and toddlers - among the most vulnerable to flu&#39;s complications - were fully vaccinated
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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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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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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.