U.S. Flu Vaccine Supply Cut in Half
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WASHINGTON - 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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The Food and Drug Administration knew of problems at the Chiron factory in Liverpool, England where half of the flu vaccine headed to the United States was being produced, but did next to nothing about it until the plant shut down according to a report
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HALIFAX - Clinics in two provinces have cut back on giving flu shots to everyone but high-risk patients because of fears of a vaccine shortage.
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Top federal health officials yesterday said the United States likely will have only half its expected supply of flu vaccine this year, and that most
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None of Chiron Corp.'s  flu vaccine made at a British plant is safe, which means the U.S. flu vaccine supply will be half of what was expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
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By MICHELLE SPITZER     JOHNSTON, Iowa  -- Health officials are scurrying to secure flu vaccines so the elderly, who are most vulnerable to influenza, have first access to shots after the nation's supply was cut in half.    "We're begging, borrowing and stealing from every source we can come up with," said Paula Frank, a clinical consulting nurse for the Bishop Drumm Retirement Center...
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Preparations for this year&#39;s influenza season were upended Tuesday when federal officials announced that the country&#39;s supply of flu vaccine would be half of what had been expected.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting some to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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Chironmakes half the US supply of flu shots. The company says it has to safety check the doses after finding contamination in some batches.
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Local health agencies, nursing homes, long-term care centers, hospitals and some pediatricians would receive half their unfilled orders of flu vaccine under an agreement between the federal
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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 October and November Americans stood in line for hours to get one of the precious few flu shots. But now that more vaccine is available &#151; with a few million more doses expected from British and German suppliers &#151; demand is dwindling.
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Health officials are scurrying to secure flu vaccines so the elderly, who are most vulnerable to influenza, have first access to shots after the nation's supply was cut in half.
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U.S. health officials turned to a  back-up plan for flu season on Wednesday, working to  redistribute doses of vaccine after losing half the anticipated  supply.
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The company that makes nearly half the flu vaccine used in the United States said on Tuesday it will not supply any vaccine for the coming flu season because of problems at its plant in Britain.
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(Oct. 5) -- British health authorities have blocked flu vaccine shipments by the company Chiron, which produces half the vaccine used in the United States.
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Veterans' hospitals, pediatricians,  nursing homes and the U.S. military head the list of those  getting flu vaccine first this year under a plan to make up for  the loss of half the country's supply, officials said on  Tuesday.