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Health & Wellness News tagged with flu shot

A Flu Shot Gone Wrong
Health & Wellness  (tags: flu shot, illness, reaction, Paralysis, women, warning )

Lone
- 19 days ago - aolhealth.com
You may have heard news reports about 25-year-old Desiree Jennings, the girl with the severe reaction to the seasonal flu shot. Her symptoms -- the
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Flu Shot in Pregnancy Protects Newborns
Health & Wellness  (tags: flu shot, pregnancy, newborns, protection )

Ingrid
- 411 days ago - sciencenews.org
A pregnant woman who gets a flu shot passes protection on to her fetus that lessens the newborn's likelihood of contracting the flu during the first months of life, researchers report in the Oct. 9 New England Journal of Medicine.
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CDC to the Public: Get a Flu Shot
Health & Wellness  (tags: flu, inlfuenza, flu shot, inoculation, vaccine, CDC, disease )

RC
- 426 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The Centers for Disease Control are advising a record 86% of Americans to get inoculated against influenza. For the first time, all three strains in the vaccine are new, based on the types of flu that made their way around the Southern Hemisphere.
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CDC Panel: All Kids Should Get Flu Shots, All Kids - Not Just Under 5 - Should Get Vaccinated, CDC Says - CBS News
Health & Wellness  (tags: flu shot, children, mandatory )

Jodi S
- 636 days ago - cbsnews.com
All children - not just those under 5 - should get vaccinated against the flu, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.That means about 30 million more children could be getting vaccinated.
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Most Flu Shots Contain Mercury, But Few Know It
Health & Wellness  (tags: flu shot, mercury, health, risks, prevention )

Jamie
- 740 days ago - jsonline.com
A record 130 million Americans are expected to get a flu shot this season in hopes of ducking the nasty virus, but as the needle pierces the skin more than 80% will also get what some say is a hefty and dangerous dose of mercury.
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