Voluntary Flu Vaccine Rationing Urged
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation's supply of flu vaccine.
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ATLANTA - Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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Officials said that most healthy adults should delay or skip flu shots so that people most at risk can get scarce supplies.
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State officials are asking local health departments with flu vaccine to share 10 percent of it with other departments that have little or none because of the national shortage.
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The Chicago Public Health Department&#39;s recent appeal to employers to donate flu vaccines has largely fallen on deaf ears. Just one company responded, saying it might give up its vaccine.
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Health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children for influenza to prevent a repeat of last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.
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Public health experts in Hong Kong are urging governments to stretch limited stockpiles of bird flu vaccines and lower the dosage used, arguing that such a strategy would reduce overall infection rates.
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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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The World Health Organization (WHO) on  Friday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers  developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic, which  could kill millions of people.
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.
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WASHINGTON -- This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to $20 billion in lost productivity -- almost twice as much as in a typical year -- depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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Chicago -- Citing &quot;an urgent need&quot; at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 62,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state&#39;s nursing home residents.
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State health officials urged physicians yesterday to administer influenza shots only to high-risk individuals because of a nationwide vaccine shortage.
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A federal advisory panel in the US is worried that tens of thousands of flu shots will go to waste and is recommending the government ease restrictions on the current supply of flu vaccine.
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of flu vaccine.