Flu Shot Contamination Not A Health Crisis: CDC
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Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America&#39;s influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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There&#39;s no health crisis in the United States despite the flu shot shortage, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson told reporters Monday.
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US Health and Human Services Secretary, Tommy Thompson, says the flu vaccine shortage is not a health crisis. At a press conference in Florida Monday, Thompson told seniors to stop waiting in long lines to get a shot.
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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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The Food and Drug Administration uncovered contamination and unsanitary conditions at a British flu vaccine manufacturing plant in 2003 but failed to re-inspect it until similar
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WASHINGTON -- Flu vaccine manufacturer Chiron has three weeks to respond to a Food and Drug Administration warning letter that alleges violations of FDA regulations at the company&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England, where contamination problems led to the US
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The US shortage of flu vaccine is not considered a major presidential election issue, a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll indicated Wednesday.
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British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to ...
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It is unlikely that any of the nearly 50 million doses of influenza vaccine being held at a plant in England will be found safe and released to the United States, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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After the US Food and Drug Administration discovered unsanitary conditions at a plant producing flu vaccine for the US market, the agency refused to order a cleanup, nor did it inspect the plant to ensure that a cleanup was actually carried out.
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Don&#39;t expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation&#39;s health secretary cautioned Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that its investigators found contamination problems with the manufacturing process of MedImmune's nasal flu vaccine FluMist but that the finished product was not affected.
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Contamination in a British factory that  supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause  some delays but no shortage of flu shots this year, federal  health officials said on Friday.
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Oct 15, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Federal health officials today ruled out using any of Chiron Corporation&#39;s influenza vaccine in the United States this year, following the completion of inspections at the company&#39;s plant in Liverpool, England.
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Health officials are urging the public to stay patient -- even as some states are reporting a shortage of flu shots for their high-risk populations.
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Public health officials said most Americans need a dose of reality -- not a dose of flu vaccine. For most of us, getting a flu shot is not a life-or-death matter.
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Despite millions of contaminated doses, the Centers for Disease Control insists that there will not be a shortage of flu vaccine this fall.