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Introduction
Immunizations against childhood diseases have saved millions of lives. American vaccination rates are now at an all-time high. Disease and death from diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, and Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) type b are at or near record lows. In adults, immunizations against influenza (the flu), pneumococcal pneumonia, hepatitis, and other ailments have likewise saved many lives and prevented many more cases of serious illness.
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Expert & Community Posts
National Flu Vaccine Week -- It's NOT Too Late to Get Your Flu Shot This Year!
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health ExpertNational Flu Vaccine Week 2008 runs from Dec. 8 through Dec. 15, so this is the perfect time to get... Read more »
New Findings on Flu Shots for Elders Controversial
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...A strain of flu that was not covered in the fall flu vaccine was getting into nursing homes, and... Read more »
Seasonal Flu, Swine Flu and Pneumonia Vaccines for People With Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...-- the usual seasonal flu shot and the new swine flu vaccine, now being referred to as the H1N1... Read more »
It's Autumn: Do You Know Where Your Flu Shot Is Coming From?
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert...it becomes available, in addition to the seasonal flu vaccine. They are two different shots and... Read more »
Flu Vaccine
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertYou can skip your flu shot this year -- if you would rather get sick than go to work. While you... Read more »
Health Guide
Time for a Flu Shot?
...age and older, including healthy people and people with chronic medical conditions. The nasal-spray flu vaccine -- a vaccine made with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause the flu... Read more »Travel to Developing Countries: Infectious Diseases
Infectious DiseasesAn estimated 15 - 45% of short-term travelers experience a health problem associated with their trip. And even more travelers to developing countries, including young adults, can... Read more »Immunizations: Viral Influenza
...children -- may have fewer antibodies to it and so may be at higher risk for severe infection. (See Flu Vaccines in this report.)Complications of the Flu. In general, the flu is usually... Read more »Ear Infections: Prevention
...vaccine called FluMist is approved for children ages 5 and older.In general, experts recommend that the flu vaccine be given to all children over6 months with a condition that requires regular... Read more »Multiple Sclerosis: Lifestyle Changes
...shot in the fall. However, experts warn that patients should not take the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine (FluMist Intranasal). Unlike the flu injection vaccine, which uses an inactivated... Read more »Images
Medications
...clopidogrel Tell your doctor if you have received flu vaccine in the nose within 2 weeks... Read more »
...clopidogrel Tell your doctor if you have received flu vaccine in the nose within 2 weeks... Read more »
...because a very serious interaction may occur: flu vaccine inhaled through the nose If you... Read more »
This medication is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis that has not improved with other drugs... Read more »
...others. This medication is not a substitute for the flu vaccine. Consult your doctor about the... Read more »
Related News
Sponsor dollars key to flu vaccine study publication
February 18, 2009Drug industry-funded flu vaccine studies are more likely to be published in prestigious journals and are cited more often in the scientific... Read summary »
Experts: Swine flu vaccine still months away
May 06, 2009Even though experts say there's no guarantee that a H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine would work, health officials say developing the vaccine is the logical... Read summary »
H1N1 flu vaccine supplies uncertain
May 18, 2009The current swine flu outbreak is raising critical questions about the timing of bringing a new flu vaccine to market and the logistics of getting it... Read summary »
New U.S. plant to boost flu vaccine availability
May 07, 2009U.S. regulators approved a new flu vaccine manufacturing plant in order to boost production of seasonal flu shots and to develop a H1N1 swine flu... Read summary »
H1N1 swine flu vaccine appears safe in early trials
August 27, 2009U.S. health officials say an effective H1N1 swine flu vaccine will be available by fall, with the shot appearing to be safe in early clinical trials. Read summary »
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