CDC’s recommendations on swine flu vaccine
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- July
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There’s no vaccine against the H1N1 flu strain yet, but when there is one — and health officials think that will be soon — there is already a list of people who will go to the head of the line to get the shot.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has come up with recommendation for who should get the swine flu vaccine.
The agency’s recommendations s focus on five key populations and are designed to help reduce the impact and spread of swine flu. The groups include:
• pregnant women,
• people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age,
• health care and emergency services personnel,
• persons between the ages of 6 months through 24 years of age, and
• people from ages 25 through 64 years who are at higher risk for novel H1N1 because of chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems.
Federal officials estimate that 159 million people nationwide are in that group.
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