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Young, pregnant women advised to get first flu shots

Pregnant women, children, young adults and anyone - except the elderly - with medical conditions that put them at risk of complications from the flu should among the first to be vaccinated against H1N1 swine influenza, a federal advisory panel decided Wednesday.

Aware that demand for the vaccine this fall may quickly outstrip the supply, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a...

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