Butler-Jones defends flu shot sale to US, urges Canadians to get ...
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TORONTO (CP) - Canada&#39;s chief public health officer defended on Friday the right of the country&#39;s flu vaccine manufacturer to sell surplus supply to the United States.
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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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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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TORONTO - Doctors should tell their healthy patients to get an annual flu shot, urges the Canadian task force on preventive health care.
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After vaccinating its own population, the Canadian flu jab leftover will not amount to much, says David Butler-Jones, Canada&#39;s Chief Public Health Officer.
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based ID Biomedical has decided not to sell 1.2 million flu shots to the US after all - and will keep the vaccine in Canada, at the request of the federal government.
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Federal health officials said Thursday they might buy 5 million flu shots from Germany and Canada to combat a severe shortage in the
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Canada&#39;s chief health official warned Americans yesterday that his nation is not a cut-rate ``drugstore&#39;&#39; for bargain-hunting Americans to exploit.
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With flu vaccine shortages, some companies administering the vaccine are selling it at exorbitant prices. Two such cases from Grant and Pierce counties have been filed with the Washington State Attorney General&#39;s office.
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A Canadian health official said Monday that Canada can provide 2 million doses of flu vaccine to remedy US&#39;s vaccine shortage.
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Canada may have more than two million surplus doses of flu vaccine it could send to the United States, says Canada&#39;s public health officer.
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Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation's health secretary cautioned Thursday.
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- People most vulnerable to contracting the flu should not be standing in long lines for the vaccine because there should be enough for all who need it, federal officials said today.
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OTTAWA - Canada could use its surplus of flu vaccine to help the US with its shortage, federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said Monday.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 14, 2004 - 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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As the demand for the flu vaccine continues to put pressure on an already scarce supply, price gouging has become a problem. The Attorney General of Kansas has filed a lawsuit against Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Canadians must stop Americans from using Internet pharmacies to raid its medicine chest or face a drug shortage, a coalition of Canadian groups representing seniors, pharmacies and patients has warned.