Health Tip: Be Sure to Get a Flu Shot

Particularly if you're at higher risk

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(HealthDay News) -- The annual flu shot is recommended for most people, but certain people are at particularly high risk of contracting the nasty bug and its complications.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says these people should be vaccinated every year:

• Children, starting at age 6 months and up until age 19.
• Women who are pregnant.
• Anyone aged 50 and older.
• Anyone with certain chronic medical conditions.
• Nursing home residents.
• Anyone who works around people who are at high risk for flu complications. These include health-care workers and people who take care of children aged 6 months or younger. The latter are too young to be vaccinated.

-- Diana Kohnle