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Article: Flu Shot Locator on American Lung Association's lungusa.org Aims to Reduce Infections, Deaths; Flu May Lead to Dangerous Complications but Still Too Few Receive Shots.
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- September 23, 2004
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NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As the flu season is about to begin, the American Lung Association today launched its online "flu shot locator" at http://www.lungusa.org/ to help more people find and obtain flu vaccinations in their neighborhoods.
"Approximately 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths are due to influenza-associated illness each year, so it is imperative for people to receive the flu shot annually, and October and November is the time to do it," said John Kirkwood, president of the American Lung Association. "That's why the American Lung Association launched this online flu shot locator tool, and we are working overtime to make sure that ...