Provinces worrying extra demand may lead to flu vaccine shortage
6675
TORONTO (CP) - Health officials in at least a couple of provinces are worried an increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall for high-risk individuals in Canada this winter.
425849
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.
20232
Unlike last year when health officials urged more people to get flu vaccines, authorities are asking the public to save the supplies for those most at risk after half of the nation&#39;s anticipated supply of vaccine became unavailable last week.
389739
Canada may have more than 2 million doses of surplus flu vaccine to help the United States battle a serious shortage, health officials said Monday, although US officials have
459050
London - Doctors in Britain warned on Wednesday that a decision to suspend the manufacturing licence of a major flu vaccine supplier could lead to shortages of the vaccine in Britain.
380979
When the federal government says it can&#39;t afford a national pharmacare program -- the one recently proposed by the provinces -- what it&#39;s really saying is that the provinces can&#39;t afford what they already have.
25220
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.
221477
The region&#39;s largest hospital alliance is worried that it won&#39;t have enough flu shots to provide to employees and patients for the upcoming flu season.
160809
The local medical community is in a quandary over how to handle demand for flu shots after British health officials pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine supply and suspended shipments of its product.
709184
With a shortage of flu vaccine, teachers and school administrators across the region are bracing for the coming winter.
647923
OLYMPIA -- With an acute shortage of flu vaccine this year, authorities are warning consumers to be on the alert for price-gouging or practitioners using old, diluted or counterfeit vaccine.
168840
King County public health officials warned yesterday that a nationwide shortage of influenza vaccines would leave many local residents without access to flu shots this fall.
201463
Oct. 8, 2004 -- Government health officials and vaccine manufacturers warn that they can do little to ease the expected widespread flu shot shortages announced earlier this week.
768303
In a typical year, the Martin County Health Department orders about 4,000 doses of flu vaccine and ends up throwing away some of it because the demand isn&#39;t strong enough.
192834
The flu season is not here yet, but the shortage has prompted an uncertain triage of prevention.
241698
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.
589531
Federal health authorities are considering broadening the range of people who can get flu shots because of an unexpected quantity of unused vaccine.