Flu Shots Stir Fear of Hepatitis, AIDS

Hundreds of residents who received flu shots at clinics in Monroe, Conn., are worried that they might have been exposed to viruses that cause hepatitis and AIDS, health officials said. They said many residents lined up for recommended hepatitis B shots after the scare. The shots are being given as a precaution because the town’s health director, who has since resigned, did not change the syringe between flu shots that he gave to about 468 people. Instead, the doctor changed only the needle between each shot, officials said.