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...Fair enough, health officials concede. But there is a catch that seems lost on many anxious Americans: There simply is not enough flu vaccine to go around. CDC estimates put the best-case dosage figures at 87 million - hardly enough to cover all 300 million U.S. citizens...
University Health Services (UHS) is asking every student to get a flu shot this fall, following the advice of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) which says the shots may prevent confusion about potential anthrax patients who exhibit flu-like symptoms...
...season approaches, CDC officials say they expect the number of suspected anthrax cases to rise, since flu symptoms mimic those of anthrax...
...People should get their flu shots,” Julie Gerberding, the acting deputy director of the CDC said in a national press conference earlier this month. “Now is the time to be especially compulsive about that...
Last winter, UHS gave 1,000 unused flu shots to the City of Cambridge, which was in desperate need of the vaccine. Despite CDC officials recently expressing their concerns vocally, the CDC has not changed its official flu shot guidelines, which recommend that all people over age 50 and chronic illness sufferers get vaccinated...