That means every child in this age group may be compelled to undergo flu vaccination every year!
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In the same way, extending flu vaccination to healthy children will provide most health benefits to others.
Highland Council plans to pilot an annual flu vaccination for schoolchildren before rolling it out for all P1 to S5 pupils.
Camp Bow Wow, a national doggie daycare chain and overnight facility, plans to partner with a veterinarian to offer a flu vaccination clinic next year in its Long Island City, N.
After Markel's findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Barry wrote a letter in response, saying it wasn't swift action but rather an earlier wave of mild flu, acting like a vaccination, that was probably responsible for New York's relatively low caseload.
Highland, like other councils, has been advised by the UK joint committee on vaccination and immunisation to make the flu protection available.
As well as the annual flu nasal spray, the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation has recommended that S3 girls and boys also be vaccinated against meningococcal C.
With the U.S. government expected to begin a large-scale vaccination effort next month against the H1N1 flu virus, Obama said the first family will not get any special consideration compared to other Americans.
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Overall, vaccination is your best protection against getting the flu.
"It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against the flu, " the CDC's website says.
Such delays in vaccination would be obviated if state laws did not limit the ability of pharmacists to give flu shots to those 18 years or older.
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The Joint Committe on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said the new strategy would avert a large number of flu cases among children as well as many severe cases and deaths, mostly among the elderly and others vulnerable to the infection.
But experts warn that flu vaccines are not 100% effective, and it is still possible to become ill despite receiving a vaccination.
It seems unlikely that a smartphone application, as opposed to more tried-and-tested methods like vaccination or a face mask, could help you avoid going down with a dose of the flu this winter.
GPs had been encouraged to stockpile the winter flu jab at their own cost and risked being undermined if pharmacies, which did not have to buy the vaccination, were also able to offer it, he said.
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