Another Flu Vaccine Shortage?
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Chironmakes half the US supply of flu shots. The company says it has to safety check the doses after finding contamination in some batches.
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The unexpected suspension of Chiron&#39;s production of flu vaccine created a sudden shortage of the supply available to Americans.
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WASHINGTON - The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.    But only a fraction of the 22.4 million doses that maker Aventis Pasteur has yet to ship can be diverted to areas with the biggest shortages...
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NEW YORK - If the United States wants to avoid future shortages of flu vaccine it must take steps to draw drug companies back into the business of making the inoculations, flu experts say. In a bad year, the stakes could be higher than just saving people from fever, headaches and a runny nose...
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Rob Stein&#39;s Dec. 17 news story, &quot;After Flu Shot Crisis, Demand Dwindles,&quot; quoted Julie L. Gerberding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as saying it &quot;is simply not the case&quot; that flu shots are unavailable.
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US officials say manufacturer Aventis Pasteur can produce another 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine, but the shipment won&#39;t arrive in America until January.
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U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated...
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It&#39;s the time of year when people start thinking about getting a flu shot. A manufacturing problem had delayed shipments intended to arrive over the summer.
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The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is &quot;not a health crisis,&quot; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, and he urged people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation&#39;s limited number of vaccines.
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Chiron Corp, one of only two flu jab suppliers to the USA, says that next year&#39;s supply may be in doubt. Health experts and business analysts have been asking for some time that the US authorities add other suppliers to their approvals list.
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The World Health Organisation yesterday suggested there may be an international shortage of flu vaccines this winter as medicines watchdogs suspended the British manufacturing licence of the world&#39;s second-largest supplier.
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The flu vaccine shortage shows how unprepared the world is for what could be a global flu epidemic percolating in Asia, experts said here Sunday.
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Federal health officials are scrambling to handle an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine, but it is too early to know how the situation will affect local supplies.
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U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated.
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President Bush didn't get one. Neither did most of his Cabinet. Same for Democrat John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The presidential candidates said they passed up a flu shot because of the vaccine shortage.
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One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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There&#39;s new information concerning the flu shot shortage situation. For the first time this flu season, some healthy Kentuckians will be able to get the shot and the state will also receive a supply of a vaccine