Canada No Quick Fix to US Flu Vaccine Shortage
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Canada cannot provide a quick fix to the flu vaccine shortage in the United States, even if has its own surplus of the medicine, top Canadian health officials said on Monday.
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The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is &quot;not a health crisis,&quot; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, urging people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation&#39;s limited number of vaccines.
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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation&#39;s supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.
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TORONTO - Canada&#39;s public health agency wants to commission the country&#39;s major flu vaccine maker to produce trial batches of a vaccine to protect against the lethal avian strain -- known as H5N1 -- that experts fear may provoke the next flu pandemic.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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With signs pointing to an early start of the influenza season, it&#39;s looking less likely the US will turn to a Canadian vaccine manufacturer to help ease the shortage south of the border.
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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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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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While President Bush promised Americans that Canadian help was on the way to deal with the US flu-vaccine shortage, US health officials say that&#39;s unlikely.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services calls the loss of the flu vaccine made by Chiron Corp. a &quot;serious challenge&quot; to the nation&#39;s vaccine supply.
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TORONTO -- Canada&#39;s chief public health officer defended yesterday the right of the country&#39;s flu vaccine manufacturer to sell surplus supply to the United States.
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Facing a vaccine shortage at home, Americans living near the Canadian and Mexican borders are finding that the flu shots they need may be only a quick car or boat trip away.
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The current US flu vaccine shortage shows perfectly how poorly the world is prepared to handle the next global epidemic of influenza, health experts said on Sunday.
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Canada&#39;s Alberta and Ontario provinces are cracking down on the growing number of US residents driving across the border to obtain flu shots.
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Just weeks ahead of flu season US health officials are scrambling to manage a record shortage of influenza vaccine. The US supply was cut in half Tuesday when British regulators abruptly shut down major flu-shot supplier Chiron Corp.
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Canada may have more than 2 million doses of surplus flu vaccine to help the United States battle a serious shortage, health officials said Monday, although US officials have
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Oct. 8, 2004 -- Government health officials and vaccine manufacturers warn that they can do little to ease the expected widespread flu shot shortages announced earlier this week.