Current Health Topic: Flu Vaccine Shortage

Governor Frank H. Murkowski rolls up his sleeve Tuesday, Sept. 28 to kick off the state's 2004 flu vaccination effort by getting his own flu shot from Anchorage Pioneers' Home staff nurse Janet Sumner, as First Lady Nancy Murkowski stands by with a Band-Aid. The governor got his shot to help encourage older Alaskans and other vulnerable residents to get vaccinated against the respiratory illness.

State Public Health Recommending Targeted Use of Flu Vaccine
http://www.epi.alaska.gov/id/iz/prRestrictedFluVacRel.pdf

Revised Influenza Vaccination Recommendations for Alaska - 2004-05 Influenza Season
http://www.epi.alaska.gov/bulletins/docs/b2004_20.pdf

Flyer: Who Should Get a Flu Vaccination?
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/flugallery/shortageflyers.htm

Flyer: Vaccination is Not the Only Way to Help Prevent the Flu
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/flugallery/shortageflyers.htm

Fact Sheet: What Everyone Should Know About Flu and the Flu Vaccine
This page has been updated to reflect current vaccine information, new vaccination
recommendations and other prevention messages.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm

Fact Sheet: Key Facts about Flu Vaccine
This page has been updated to reflect current vaccine information and new vaccination
recommendations, including nasal mist vaccination option for health-care workers and
caregivers of children less than 6 months.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm

"Cover Your Cough" (a poster/flyer)
Serious respiratory illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping
cough, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) are spread by coughing or sneezing and/or unclean hands. The flyer is now available in English and Vietnamese.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/covercough.htm

For more information, contact:
Doreen Stangel
Alaska Immunization Program
Education and Training Coordinator
3601 "C" Street Suite 540
PO Box 240249
Anchorage, Alaska 99524-0249
907-269-8013 voice, 907-562-7802 fax