National Influenza Vaccination Week starts November 27th
Posted by Clark Venable on 11/23/2006
National Influenza Vaccination Week -- November 27--December 3, 2006
[A]nnual influenza vaccination is recommended for the following groups:
Persons at high risk for influenza-related complications and severe disease, including:
- children aged 6--59 months,
- pregnant women,
- persons aged >50 years,
- persons of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
and
Persons who live with or care for persons at high risk, including:
- household contacts who have frequent contact with persons at high risk and who can transmit influenza to those persons at high risk, and
- health-care workers.
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