CDC wants senior vaccines up-to-date before flu season

Even among healthy younger adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, he said, there’s still a great need for flu vaccinations. For more information – including flu symptoms, how it spreads, higher risk groups and the upcoming flu season – visit www.cdc.gov/flu and click on “FLU BASICS”. “And we do see every year pediatric and elderly death from the flu”. In Texas, the largest numbers of cases of the flu typically occur during January and February.

“You want to protect yourself as much as you can because those are the people who end up in the hospital with the flu”, she says.

Taksler and colleagues were also able to conclude that states with at least 31 percent of the 18-to-64 year old population immunized against flu get to reduce the risks for elders by 21 percent.

The CDC believes the vaccine will protect most people throughout the flu season.

Last year, Canada experienced one of its deadliest flu seasons in decades.

(dailyRx News) Adults who get their yearly flu vaccines may wind up protecting more than just themselves.

Parents of pre-school children can check with their GP practice on arrangements for getting the vaccine.

Everyone over the age of six months should be vaccinated every flu season. The elderly, the young children, and people with certain health conditions are at high-risk of contracting the illness. Your healthcare provider can help determine if the vaccine is safe for you. But previous year, they have witnessed a little efficacy than usual with regard to vaccine. There are a few children who can not receive the nasal spray and they will be offered the injection instead. If you have vomiting and diarrhea without fever and body aches you probably have a gastrointestinal virus but not the flu.

Doctor’s offices often don’t have the vaccines available, or the ones they have sometimes are outdated, Dr. Rudin said. Each year, approximately 5 percent to 20 percent of people in the USA get the flu and more than 200,000 people are hospitalized for flu-related complications, according to the.

This story is provided by Paris Regional Medical Center.