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Among high-risk adults, flu shots less likely for blacks than whites.
2004 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adults who are at high risk from flu complications are strongly urged to get an influenza vaccination this year, yet a study shows a racial disparity in the response.
In an analysis of data from the 1999 Health Interview Study, researchers writing in the American Journal of Public Health found that white adults with diabetes, chronic heart conditions and cancer were much more likely to get a flu shot than blacks with the same conditions.
White patients with two or more high-risk conditions also were more likely to receive flu shots than blacks with the same health conditions. The study data included 7655 adults with diabetes, chronic heart ...
- Michigan may obtain 1.5 million more flu shots, public health leaders say.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 23, 2004 700+ words
...get another 1.5 million shots, state public health leaders said Friday. To get vaccine...are stepping out of line and forgoing flu shots this season." The vaccine supply estimates...information and hours at the stores offering flu shots through Tuesday. To see more of the...
- Palm Beach County public health officials push flu shots for kids.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) July 1, 2007 700+ words
...s not surprising that children are the culprits, causing one too many miserable days on the couch. For the first time, public health officials are planning a massive campaign to encourage parents in Palm Beach County to get their kids vaccinated. The kid...
- State making flu shots available to more people.(Health)(With demand for...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 21, 2004 700+ words
...scarce, the last thing public health officials want is leftover...are eligible to get flu shots. Starting today...against influenza, public health officials said. Oregon...Grant Higginson, state public health officer. "Our goal...
- Asthmatic kids should receive flu shots.(HEALTH FINDINGS: The latest public...
- Magazine article from: The Nation's Health Arias, Donya C. May 1, 2007 700+ words
Although health officials recommend children with asthma receive a flu shot each year, fewer than 30 percent of such children are routinely vaccinated. A study in the March 9 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that during the 2004-2005 flu season, just 29 percent of the approximately 6.5
- Flu shots coming soon for at-risk patients.(Health)(Lane County Public Health...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) December 1, 2004 700+ words
...vaccine is equitably distributed, state public health officer Dr. Grant Higginson said...vaccine is distributed. Lane County Public Health will receive 6,320 of those shots...senior stores clerk with Lane County Public Health. Most of the vaccine is going to private...
- Season's first flu shots available Monday.(Health)(It's especially important...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) September 26, 2007 700+ words
...produced a record number of flu shots this year - about 132 million doses, public health officials say. Lane County...nutritious food. - Lane County Public Health FLU SHOTS What: Lane County Public Health's first community flu...
- Flu shots remain available as season hits midway point
- Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun Villeneuve, Joanne F December 21, 2007 700+ words
...despite the fact that the flu season is almost half over, the vaccine is still available through the local public health office. "Flu shots protect against influenza, which is a virus that generally attacks during the fall and winter months...
- Nurse group moves office, sets flu-shots.
- Newspaper article from: Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO) September 27, 2006 700+ words
...Other agencies will also offer flu shots. Penrose-St. Francis...which administered 9,500 flu shots to the public last flu season...the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. FLU SHOTS --Visiting Nurse Association...
