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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 2004
Page
5
With flu-shot shortages, officials urge Americans 65 and older and others with risk factors to receive the pneumococcal vaccine. The shot is a one time dose that protects against pneumonia complications, blood infections and meningitis. Dr. Gregory Poland from the Mayo Clinic endorses it as a backup to influenza protection.
Public health notes vaccine availability with visits to Johnson County and Osco Drug offerings. A nurse recounts a dramatic case of severe infection leading to limb loss, illustrating pneumococcus danger. Federal data show 175000 hospitalizations, 50000 blood infections, 6000 meningitis cases, and about 6000 deaths annually.
Federal officials say 2.6 million additional flu vaccine doses will arrive in January, far short of the 48 million lost to a British plant contamination. The timing limits protection for those at highest risk. health secretary Thompson defends the response and cites ongoing antiviral supply to cover up to 100 million people this season.
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