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In accordance with a national shortage of flu vaccines this fall, Massachusetts restricted the vaccine to patients 75 years old and above and high-risk patients, including those suffering from diseases like cystic fibrosis, kidney disease and chronic lung problems.
The state eased restrictions on flu vaccine distribution last week, but don’t expect to get University Health Services (UHS) to vaccinate you anytime soon.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Christine C. Ferguson announced last week that the flu vaccine guidelines would be expanded immediately to include people 65 years of age and older and other high-risk patients not included in the previous restriction.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has distributed more than 665,000 doses of state-purchased flu vaccine to Massachusetts residents and plans to purchase an additional 35,330 flu shots.
Sultan joined the HSPH faculty in July 2000. He won an award from the Ellison Medical Foundation in 2003 for his research on malaria that the foundation said “could provide the basis for new vaccine candidates and drug therapies.” He is one of eight...