SEATTLE, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A vaccination program that targets children first and reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1, researchers said.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers say universal influenza vaccination may help prevent antibiotic misuse.
OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. hospital workers vaccinated against seasonal flu during the last fall/winter flu season increased by 14 percent, a non-profit says.
LOS ANGELES, April 27 (UPI) -- Overblown fears of a U.S. swine flu pandemic in 1976 resulted in an enduring public backlash against mass vaccinations, historians say.
TORONTO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- More people getting vaccinated against seasonal influenza decreases the burden of the virus for everyone, Canadian researchers said.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials urge the public each year to get a flu shot, yet only 36 percent of all healthcare workers are immunized against influenza annually.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Sixty-two percent of U.S. healthcare workers do not get flu shots, putting themselves and their patients at risk of contracting the virus, researchers say.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Flu shots for all U.S. healthcare workers should be required to head off hospital outbreaks, a health expert said Wednesday.
BANGKOK, April 7 (UPI) -- Thailand is debating how best to stamp out bird flu before it breaks out of southeast Asia in a full-blown human pandemic.
ALTANTA, Ga., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it is monitoring a suspected case of an adverse reaction to the smallpox vaccination program.
