Feds Encourage Blacks to Get H1N1, Flu Vaccines

By: Jackie Jones

Federal officials say they are trying to improve their outreach to African-Americans to ensure they get vaccinated for both the seasonal and the H1N1 flu viruses.

“About 100 million people, or one in three, get vaccinated,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “We see lower rates among African-Americans. In adults under the age of 65, there is a 12 percentage point difference.”

Among black adults at high-risk for exposure to the flu, only one in four are getting vaccinated.

 

Feds Encourage Blacks to Get H1N1, Flu Vaccines....

5/2/09: Your Weekly Address

In this Weekly Address, the President discusses the government's response to the 2009 H1N1 flu virus, urging that there is no need to panic but explaining that the federal government and American people nonetheless should take the necessary precautions.