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A new online toolkit offers guidance on increasing flu vaccination coverage among workers in long-term health care facilities.

Some pharmacists say many people have questions about the timing of their annual flu shot, which will coincide with the availability of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines. Here's what we know about this year's flu shot.

Local independent pharmacy to administer important immunizations Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro, in collaboration with Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long and Kevin Musto, R.Ph., FAPhA, independent pharmacist with Atlantic Apothecary, has announced a COVID Vaccination and Flu Shot Clinic on Thursday, November 18 from 1:00 to 4:00PM at the Delaware Department of Insurance’s Dover Office, 1351 West […]

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Title: CDC Panel Urges Seniors to Get New, More Potent Flu Shot This Fall
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Gold Coast skipper David Swallow has added his voice to football’s flu shot debate, saying players should not be forced to be immunised before the AFL season starts.

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All Americans over 6 months old should get their flu shot this year, health officials urged today. While last year's flu season was relatively mild, the illness

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More adults have gotten the flu shot this year, but there's still plenty of room for improvement, says the CDC.

The CDC issued a warning that a mutated flu strain might make this year's vaccine less effective.

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Drug stores start offering flu shots in early summer, but the CDC recommends getting a shot by the end of October.

It is time for you to get your flu shot 2005 and you had better not waste any time in getting to your doctors office, if you do you could find yourself without any protection for the coming flu season.

An influenza expert says getting vaccinated against the infectious disease is more likely to save your life than going without the flu shot, yet only around 30-40 per cent of people are getting their jab.

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Delaware Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker and Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan were among hundreds who lined up to receive their annual flu vaccine Tuesday in Dover.

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Category: Health News
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Title: With Flu Shot, Timing May Be Everything
Category: Health News
Created: 4/26/2016 12:00:00 AM
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says NRL players like the Gold Coast's Bryce Cartwright who refuse to be vaccinated ahead of the May 28 restart should be banned from competing.

The NRL announces players who choose not to have the flu vaccination on religious, medical or conscientious grounds will be allowed to train and play, but they must sign a revised waiver.

The AFL will not implement a mandatory league-wide policy regarding the flu shot and will leave decisions on the vaccination up to players and club doctors.

he Gold Coast Titans star back-rower indicated to team officials that he will refuse to get the jab when training resumed training on Monday as his anti-vaxxer wife stood by his decision.

The Prime Minister weighed into the NRL controversy surrounding Gold Coast Titans star anti-vaxxer Bryce Cartwright on 2GB.

The Gold Coast Titans backrower is waiting to hear whether he can play when the season restarts on May 28 after telling team officials he will refuse the compulsory influenza injection.

The league has conceded players wanting an exemption will still be allowed to play if they sign a waiver confirming they acknowledge the potential health risks.

Up to 20 top Australian rugby league footballers are holding out on having a mandatory flu shot as the NRL prepares to resume its 2020 season. 

Each year the World Health Organization determines which of the thousands of influenza variants are most likely to circulate. Flu vaccines then use these variants at the starting point when developing the annual flu shot. Find out what’s inside the influenza-warding shot.