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Article: Prioritize flu shots until late October, CDC says: pregnant women, health care workers are included on the first tier of the CDC's vaccine priority chart.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(clinical trials)
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- OB GYN News
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- October 1, 2005
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As physicians prepared for the upcoming influenza season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that until Oct. 24, vaccination should be restricted to several priority groups.
The following groups should receive the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) in this order, the CDC recommended:
* People aged 65 years and older with comorbid conditions, such as heart disease, asthma, diabetes, HIV, and neuromuscular conditions that effect the respiratory system, such as spinal cord injuries.
* Long-term care residents.
* People aged 2-64 years with comorbid conditions.
* People aged 65 years and older ...