State officials scramble amid shortage of flu vaccine
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Shipment of nearly half of the vaccine needed to protect Americans from flu this season -- about 48 million doses -- has been blocked by health authorities in England where it was manufactured
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A shortage of flu vaccine has led to lines for injections while the authorities are battling to halt price gouging for the vaccines available.
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The announcement was a blow to U.S. health officials, who are scrambling to calm growing public alarm about vaccine shortages because of the loss of about half of the 100 million doses of flu vaccine the nation was expecting.
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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, while Americans jostled for now-scarce immunizations on Friday.
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With much of Maine&#39;s supply of influenza vaccine suddenly in jeopardy, state health officials are urging healthy adults not to get flu shots so that enough medication
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Health officials say there is not enough flu vaccine for the area&#39;s high-risk population because of a nationwide shortage of vaccine.
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Health officials are urging the public to stay patient -- even as some states are reporting a shortage of flu shots for their high-risk populations.
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Minnesota officials are urging healthcare providers to forego flu shots this year so those most in need will have a better chance at the scarce vaccine.
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The flu season is not here yet, but the shortage has prompted an uncertain triage of prevention.
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There&#39;s so much unknown about how the nation&#39;s remaining flu vaccine will be distributed. Public health officials can&#39;t yet say when the region will receive more vaccine
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With roughly 38,000 more doses of flu vaccine flowing into the state, officials are now pleading with those at risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu to get a shot.
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As Americans scramble for scarce doses of flu vaccine in hopes of warding off the respiratory bug this winter, the wily influenza virus may have other plans.
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Hawaii health officials and local health care providers plan to meet today to discuss how to handle the flu vaccine shortage, as US officials scramble to combat the nationwide problem.
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(CBS/AP) The flu vaccine shortage has set off a scramble to find ways to prevent any repetition of this year&#39;s calamity, which has restricted shots to those most at risk.
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ALBANY, NY The state is getting hundreds of thousands of doses of flu vaccine, but the supply will still fall short of what New York needs.
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One day after officials with the NC Division of Public Health released a draft plan for dealing with an influenza pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported there would be a shortage of flu vaccines this year.
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Local and state health officials are complaining that their federal counterparts have given them almost no information to deal with the shortage of flu vaccines.