HealthWatch: Flu Vaccine on the Way
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Bay Area biotech giant Chiron reassured lawmakers Tuesday that there will be enough flu vaccine to meet the nation&#39;s need. A manufacturing problem had delayed shipments intended to arrive over the summer.
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The Moore County Health Department expects a large shipment of flu vaccine in mid-January, enough to schedule a flu clinic. The date will be announced when it is scheduled.
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Doctors, nursing homes and other private health care providers in Florida can expect about 370,000 new doses of flu vaccine to arrive soon.
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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation&#39;s supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.
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(CBS) Flu season is right around the corner, and that means it&#39;s almost time to get those flu shots. With last year&#39;s vaccine shortage and the threat of another shortage this year, The Early Show medical correspondent
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WASHINGTON - A top federal health official, lamenting "a very fragile vaccine production system," urged healthy people Wednesday to defer getting their influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at risk.   "We really need a long-term solution so we don't end up in this year-to-year situation where we don't have a reliable supply," Dr...
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This season&#39;s flu vaccine shortage may be a useful wake-up call, and it should prompt citizens to demand the production of a sufficient supply of vaccines.
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There should be plenty of flu vaccine to go around this year, unlike last year when supplies ran out. About 100 million doses of vaccine will be produced this year.
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The stockpiling of antiviral drugs, making more flu vaccine and better surveillance for new flu strains were among the suggestions mentioned in a long-awaited draft document, released yesterday
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Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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Local public health officials are asking private clinics and doctors offices to postpone giving the flu vaccine until they have a better idea of how much will be available this flu season.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will distribute the country&#39;s remaining 10.3 million doses of flu vaccine to state health departments.
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About 440,000 doses of flu vaccine will be shipped to Florida during the next week, with 160,000 going straight to physicians and the rest to health departments, state health officials said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 20, 2004 - More flu vaccine is expected to be available for millions of Americans in January, but that could be too late.
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State officials now can track flu vaccine shipments on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention secure Web site. Health officials have been grappling with flu vaccine shortages in recent weeks.
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Today and tomorrow (Tuesday), the Alabama Department of Public Health will conduct a statewide telephone survey of the state&#39;s medical community to better understand how much influenza vaccine has been ordered and how much is available.
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(CBS/AP) More flu vaccine is expected to be available for millions of Americans in January, but that could be too late. The flu season typically peaks in January or later.