Why did Chiron Flu Crisis Affect USA more than England?
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Why did the British never allow themselves to become dependent on just two flu major flu vaccine suppliers like the Americans did?
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LONDON - U.S. health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the U.S...
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MONTREAL, Oct 17 (IPS) - One of the largest mass murderers of the 20th  century gets no respect. That, say experts, is why the temporary  shutdown of just one production plant in England has created a  drastic shortage of influenza vaccine in the United States as  winter flu season approaches.
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Chiron Corp.&#39;s aggressive plan to dominate the US flu-vaccine market is in tatters and the company&#39;s financial future is clouded as the public health crisis it caused continues to mount.
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Medical experts have said the United States&#39; flu shot shortage could have been prevented, the New York Times reported Sunday. &quot;We&#39;re in the middle of a crisis that could have
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed substantially over the past two decades to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.    Severe cases of the flu can result in pneumonia, dehydration or a worsening of chronic medical conditions, and can be life-threatening - especially for the very old or the very young...
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made
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Britain suspended on Tuesday the manufacturing license of Chiron Corp., a major supplier of flu vaccine to the United Kingdom and the United States, for three months.
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The number of people hospitalized in the United States because of the flu has climbed over the past 20 years to an average of more than 200,000 a year, in large part because of the aging of the population, a government study found.
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Chiron Corp.âs aggressive plan to dominate the US flu vaccine market is in tatters and the companyâs financial future is clouded as the public health crisis it caused continues to mount.
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British regulators have extended their suspension of Chiron Corp.'s license to manufacture flu vaccine, jeopardizing the company's ability to sell millions of flu shots in the United States next flu season.
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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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U.S. and British drug regulators met Thursday to discuss the closing of a flu-vaccine plant in northern England that has triggered an international vaccine shortage -- but there was no immediate resolution of the crisis.
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The closing of the Liverpool plant, announced last week, knocked out almost half the supply of US flu shots for this season and prompted US authorities to ask healthy people to forgo or delay inoculation.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...
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In early October, we received the news. Half of the flu vaccine supply to the United States would not be distributed this year. And we all witnessed what happened during ensuing days.
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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that flu vaccine manufactured in Britain by Chiron Corp. is not usable. The announcement ended hopes that at least some batches of the vaccine were salvageable.