Canada reverses its flu vaccine policy
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ID Biomedical of Vancouver, Canada&#39;s main supplier of flu vaccines, said Tuesday it will not sell 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine to the United States.
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The European Union and Japan have lifted import bans on Canadian poultry that were imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in the western province of British Columbia, officials said on Friday.
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The British government has suspended  the manufacturing license of Chiron Corp. CHIR.O, which makes  nearly half the U.S. supply of flu vaccine, cable television  station CNBC said on Tuesday.
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this
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Some Nova Scotian&#39;s won&#39;t be getting their flu shots this year due to a shortage of vaccine. The Victorian Order of Nurses has been holding immunization clinics in workplaces around the province.
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Americans&#39; supply of flu vaccine was cut in half Tuesday as Britain abruptly shut down a major supplier just as flu season is about to begin.
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The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage. Up to 5 million doses are available from plants in Canada
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The largest flu vaccine maker in Canada says talks are under way to sell excess influenza vaccines to the US government, but federal health officials Wednesday would not acknowledge such discussions.
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Two months after a flu vaccine shortage spread alarm across the country, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday the government ease restrictions
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BRITISH health authorities suspended the licence of the worldâs second biggest flu-vaccine maker, Chiron, yesterday, raising fears of a shortage this winter.
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Hundreds of vaccination clinics scheduled across the Washington region were canceled abruptly yesterday as public and private health officials struggled to respond to the nation's loss of 48 million doses of influenza vaccine.
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The staggering loss of half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine supply has turned medical advice on its head: Healthy Americans should skip flu shots, the government is urging, but only so the sick and elderly can get theirs.
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Millions of Americans won&#39;t get flu vaccinations this season because a major manufacturer has been shut down, cutting the nation&#39;s vaccine supply in half.
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TORONTO (CP) - Canadian supplies of influenza vaccine will not be affected by the stunning withdrawal from the world market of millions of doses made by Chiron Corp.
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this year, sending American health authorities scrambling to ensure that those in greatest danger from the flu -- the elderly and frail -- can get remaining vaccine supplies.
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Canada suspended use of three batches of a mumps vaccine on Wednesday after five people fell ill in the midst of a vaccination campaign in the western province of Alberta.
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Flu shots could be restricted to young children, senior citizens and others at high risk for influenza after the nation&#39;s vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half Tuesday.