Flu shots still encouraged for seniors

Maryland Gazette;  November 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......policy report that flu shots reduced total wintertime...n't be correct, Dr. Jackson said. "Influenza...than those who had flu shots - for reasons unrelated to flu, Dr. Jackson said. Dr. Jeff Duchin...continue to get flu shots, because there is...our policy," Dr. ...

FLU SHOTS AID ELDERLY LIFE SPANS.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 4, 2004 ;     251 words ......Tanner Associated Press CHICAGO -- Yearly flu shots significantly reduce deaths from all...complications from influenza. Yearly flu shots have been recommended for people 65 and...from 1996 through 2002. Those receiving flu shots ranged from 64 percent in 1996 to 74...

Pediatrics Academy Urges Flu Shots

AP Online;  December 2, 2002 ;     313 words ......Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging flu shots for all healthy children from 6 months...often as adults over 50, for whom yearly flu shots are recommended. Tens of thousands of...said. Unlike most childhood vaccines, flu shots are needed every year because the virus...

HHS: More Flu Shots From Abroad Unlikely

AP Online;  October 15, 2004 ;     543 words ......moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes...AP Graphic) Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease...vaccine for as much as $100 a shot. Retail, flu shots usually cost $12 to $20. Federal health...

Flu shots available, but you can only go at scheduled times

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  November 15, 2001 ;     302 words ......Capital-Journal People trying to get flu shots or immunizations at the wrong time will...officials only will be able to provide flu shots at the designated clinic times. The same...m. at the Main Clinic, 1615 S.W. 8th. Flu shots at the clinic are available through December...

ONSCREEN ADS PROMOTE FLU SHOTS IN MOVIE THEATERS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 1, 2008 ;     144 words ......release: Movie-goers are seeing a pitch for flu shots along with previews of coming attractions...holiday season. Onscreen ads promoting flu shots and vaccinations against other diseases...separate 30-second spots, which deal with flu shots as well as meningitis and whooping cough...

Panel Recommends Flu Shots for Kids

AP Online;  February 23, 2006 ;     565 words ......ATLANTA Children ages 2 to 5 should get flu shots, an advisory panel said Wednesday, widening...guidelines to doctors and hospitals. Flu shots are already recommended for children...encouraging all Americans to routinely get flu shots. However, committee members narrowly...

Some Prison Inmates Will Get Flu Shots

AP Online;  October 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ......prison 30 miles down the road were getting flu shots. "This deal with the prisons has got...illness. "I don't think they should get flu shots over citizens who are at high risk. They'...little more than half of that number of flu shots. The Missouri prison system's medical...

Businesses that usually offer flu shots to employees resort to health...

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN);  October 27, 2004 ;     611 words ......that typically offer their employees flu shots are taking the same road everyone else...retiree community, who are also offered flu shots through the company. The intranet site...Shot Nurse, a business that provides flu shots to area employers. It's a pretty common...

Study: Flu Shots Prevent Heart Disease

AP Online;  April 2, 2003 ;     452 words ...00-00-0000 Flu shots may do more for the elderly than fend off the...were substantially reduced among those who got flu shots. Influenza may be even worse than we thought. And flu shots might be even better than we thought, said researcher...

Area agencies continue to give flu shots

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  October 25, 1998 ;     603 words ......federal agency, suggests that people obtain flu shots between Oct. 1 and mid-November; it takes...are still scheduled. The CDC recommends flu shots for people age 65 and older; for those...Although certain children should receive flu shots, VNA does not provide them on a general...

Flu shots urged during pregnancy with doctor's OK

The Gazette;  October 7, 1999 ;     292 words ......list of high-risk groups urged to get flu shots. Checking in with their doctor is mandatory...harmful to the fetus. The CDCP recommends flu shots for women in their second and third trimesters...obstetrician-gynecologist, agrees that "flu shots are a good idea in the second and ...

Nursing homes, jails lack flu shots

Capital (Annapolis);  October 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Jerry Richards always offers flu shots to the employees and frail residents...everyone is is facing. We have almost no flu shots," he said. The shots only will go to...in Jessup - doesn't normally give out flu shots, and certainly won't this year, given...

No long lines for flu shots in Charlotte, N.C.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 14--With flu shots in short supply this year, some people...prayer meeting and say, 'Hey, they've got flu shots,' and they'd all just leave the prayer...health departments will probably have more flu shots available once N.C. health officials...

POSTAL WORKERS OFFERED FLU SHOTS.(Local)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 6, 2001 ;     122 words ......000 postal workers will be offered free flu shots this year along with all postal workers...time the U.S. Postal Service has offered flu shots to all its workers, said Al DeSarro...said some postal facilities have offered flu shots in the past, but no nationwide program...