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CDC urges flu shots, especially for minorities

December 16, 2008

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are urging Americans--particularly minorities--to get a flu shot, saying the vaccinations are important for preventing the spread of the flu. CDC statistics have shown that there are racial and ethnic disparities in flu vaccination rates. In 2006, 45 percent of Hispanics ages 65 and older reported getting a flu shot, compared with 47 percent of elderly blacks and 67 percent of whites and Asian-Americans of the same age. In 2007, f... Read more »

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FAQs on Flu Season 2008-2009

By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert

...influenza each year. There would probably be many more deaths if it weren't for aggressive... Read more »

Swine Flu/H1N1 Flu Virus: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

By James Thompson MD , Health Expert

...virus is a wimp, because there have been several deaths in Mexico and the second American, a... Read more »

National Flu Vaccine Week -- It's NOT Too Late to Get Your Flu Shot This Year!

By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...consider this... The risks of illness and even death from getting the flu are far worse than... Read more »

New Findings on Flu Shots for Elders Controversial

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

...the highest risk for flu illness, and especially death, from the virus. Lately, the experts have... Read more »

Swine Flu: How Anxious Should We Be?

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...restrictions begin to bite. In Mexico City, where deaths from the new strain of flu have been... Read more »

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Health Guide

Time for a Flu Shot?

...illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccination each year. Every year in... Read more »

Influenza immunization (vaccine)

...approximately 2 weeks after receiving the vaccine. Immunization of high-risk people reduces the risk of death from the flu. Immunization of those caring for high-risk people reduces the risk of... Read more »

Avian influenza

...depends on the severity of infection and the type of avian influenza virus that caused it. The current death rate for patients with confirmed H5N1 infection is more than 50%. The H7N7 avian flu... Read more »

Immunizations: Viral Influenza

...confirms that there were, as of the publishing of this report, 232 cases of bird flu in humans and 134 deaths. The greatest number of cases have occurred in Viet Nam (93), followed by Indonesia... Read more »

Colds and the Flu: Complications

...influenza and can be very serious. It can develop about 5 days after viral influenza. More than 90% of the deaths caused by influenza and pneumonia occur among older adults. The growing elderly... Read more »

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Decongestant & Cough Oral Uses and How to Use

...result in serious harm (e.g., brain damage, seizure, death). Do not increase your dose, take it... Read more »

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