All Adults Are Urged to Get a Flu Shot in Redondo Beach CA

All Adults Are Urged to Get a Flu Shot in Redondo Beach CA All Adults Are Urged to Get a Flu Shot Associated Press As the flu season approaches, public health officials are recommending that everyone over 6 months old get a flu shot this year. This is the... More

All Adults Are Urged to Get a Flu Shot in Redondo Beach CA All Adults Are Urged to Get a Flu Shot Associated Press As the flu season approaches, public health officials are recommending that everyone over 6 months old get a flu shot this year. This is the first time that the flu vaccine has been recommended for all adults, said Diane Watson, director of Georgia’s office of immunization. Children and the elderly have long been urged to get a flu vaccine, because getting the flu is especially risky for those groups. And officials have gradually expanded the list of nonelderly adults who should get the shot to include anyone coming into contact with kids or older people. But this year, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on everybody to roll up their sleeves and get the shot. “We have long recognized that vaccination is the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself from getting the flu,” said Tom Skinner, a CDC spokesman. The flu vaccine Less