Child Vaccine Program to Include FluMist
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. - MedImmune Inc.&#39;s FluMist vaccine will be included in the federal Vaccines for Children program next year, meaning eligible children can get the nasal spray for free.
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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.
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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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The Martin County Health Department is offering flu vaccines to the public while supplies last. To be eligible, recipients must fall into one of the high-risk categories: those aged
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A Maryland manufacturer will provide an additional 1 million doses of its FluMist vaccine, making a total of 3 million doses of the nasal spray vaccine available, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said Thursday, as officials tried to deal with a shortage of flu shots.
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Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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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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According to a report, Flumist vaccine â a live virus in a nasal spray â is much more effective than flu shots in protecting young children against the disease.
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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 Montgomery County Health Department will administer flu vaccine to people in high-risk health categories this week beginning Monday.
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A new version of the nasal spray vaccine FluMist is better at preventing influenza than traditional flu shots in older babies and children, according to a study sponsored by its maker, MedImmune.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Last year's influenza vaccine was far from a perfect match against the virus that sickened people, but it offered more protection from the illness than experts had previously thought.    In very young children, the shot was found to be 25 percent to 49 percent effective in preventing influenza-like illness, which is a suspected case of flu that wasn't confirmed in a laboratory...
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The inhalable flu vaccine should be given each year to children as young as 2, an advisory vaccine panel said Wednesday.
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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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U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they approved the Flumist nasal spray influenza vaccine for children between ages 2 and 5.
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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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Health officials yesterday said 22.4 million unshipped doses of flu vaccine will be made available to people who are most at risk of getting the virus.