Young, pregnant women advised to get first flu shots
A girl with flu symptoms waits for medical attention outside a hospital in Osasco, Brazil. / Getty Images Photo / July 28, 2009
Who Should Get Swine Flu Vaccine First?
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...
