Three-year-old Sheyda Upshaw reacts to receiving a flu shot from nurse Jan Woelffer as Sheyda's mother Amy Upshaw looks away, at the Flu-Central vaccination clinic in Lakewood, Colo., Dec. 10, 2003.
Colorado
A nurse shows the handful of flu shots left at the Health One Presbyterian/St. Lukes LoDo office in Denver, Dec. 10, 2003. Federal officials said more than 100,000 doses of the flu vaccine would be rushed across the country to combat vaccine shortages.
Colorado
Metro State University sophomore Brock Lewis receives the FluMist flu vaccination from medical assistant Nicole Ortiz at the Auraria Student Health Center in Denver, Dec. 10, 2003.
Michigan
Jennifer Stout of Waterford, Mich., comforts sons Mark, 5, right, and Connor, 1, center, just after they were given flu shots by Victoria Dickie, left, a registered nurse at Oakland County Health Division Clinic in Pontiac, Mich., Dec. 11, 2003.
Michigan
Lois Smith of Swartz Creek, Mich., tries to warm up her son Jared's hands while they wait outside of the Visting Nurses Association in Flint, Mich., for a flu shot, Dec. 11, 1003.
Alabama
Randel Smith, a security officer with the Jefferson County Department of Health in Birmingham, Ala., post a message on a sign in front of the department that reads, "No Flu Vaccine Availabe Sorry for Any Inconvenience," Dec. 10, 2003.
Indiana
Robert Faulkner, 3, lets his mother Tiffany know how it felt to get a flu shot at the Tippecanoe County of Health Department in Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 10, 2003. Tiffany and her husband Robert brought their five children to get the shots. Tenecia Waddell helps as Ziya Faulkner gets her shot in the background.
Arizona
Gregory Rogers, 7, waits in a line for a flu shot at the Safeway, Dec. 9, 2003, in Phoenix, Ariz.
Illinois
A dose of flu vaccine is drawn into a syringe at the DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, Ill., Dec. 11, 2003. About 500 waited in line, some for as long as 8 hours, to receive the vaccine, but nearly 100 were turned away when the Health Department ran out of vaccine.
Illinois
Cindi Emma, right, holds her son Scott, 1, while they wait in line to receive flu shots at the DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, Ill., Dec. 11, 2003. About 500 people waited in line, some for as long as 8 hours, to receive the vaccine. Nearly 100 were turned away when the Health Department ran out.
Illinois
Matt Moore, 4, of Wheaton, Ill., is comforted by his mother Bridget, left, as RN Carleen Banks administers the flu vaccine at the DuPage County Health Department in Wheaton, Ill., Dec. 11, 2003.
New Jersey
Edward Brown, 57, a patient at University Hospital in Newark, N.J., winces as he gets a flu vaccine, Dec. 10, 2003. Many health department offices and hospitals in New Jersey still had influenza vaccine available. New Jersey health officials were urging people to get vaccinated and make it a yearly habit.
California
Dolores Flores, 94, is treated for flu symptoms by triage nurse Maureen Sullivan at Stanford Medical Center, Dec. 9, 2003, in Palo Alto, Calif. Though California was not on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of states deemed hard hit by the virus, state officials still expected one of the deadliest seasons in recent memory.
Tennessee
Eddie Gilmer, left, tries to get some rest while waiting three hours in the LeBnheur emergency room in Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2003. In his lap is his grandson Joshua Liddell, who had been to the ER a week earlier for the flu. Thelma Eaton, right, and her son Robert Eaton, 15, had been waiting for an hour to be seen for flu symptoms.
Tennessee
Maya Daniel, 4, cries as she receives a flu shot administered by LPN Cisily Harris at the Lentz Public Health Clinic, Dec. 9, 2003, in Nashville, Tenn. Maya was being comforted by her mother Joan Daniel and watched by her older brother Mark, 9. Metro Health spokesman Brian Todd said that the clinic administered 1,150 flu shots on that day.
Maryland
People wait in a line for flu shots outside the Allegany County Health Department as rain begins to fall in Cumberland, Md., Dec. 10, 2003.
South Carolina
Caroline Wyatt, 4, of Summerville, S.C. leans on her mother Sabrina Wyatt while waiting for a flu shot at the Department of Health and Environmental Control in Charleston, S.C., Dec. 10, 2003. The Wyatts were some of the last patients to sign up for available shots.