Britain: US Told Of Vaccine Shortage
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British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest
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U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they planned to steer scarce flu vaccine supplies to nursing homes, pediatricians and hospitals as the company that caused the disruptive shortage disclosed it was under ...
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A vaccine manufacturer whose license was suspended in October, plunging US supplies of flu shots into crisis, will remain on hold for another three months to allow the firm more time to take remedial action, the British government said Tuesday.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was cut in half Tuesday as Britain abruptly shut down a major supplier just as flu season is about to begin. Facing a record shortage, U.S. health officials scrambled to reserve remaining shots for the elderly and others at highest risk from influenza.
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in some cases by the boatload -- in search of flu vaccine. With a US shortage caused by contaminated vaccine and
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US health regulators say they found quality-control problems at a flu vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, in June 2003 but did not begin a full inspection of the plant again
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US health officials have confirmed that the entire stock of flu vaccine from a British producer is unusable. The US had hoped to salvage some of the doses made by Chiron, which account for nearly half of its annual supply.
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British authorities on Wednesday confirmed the Food and Drug Administration's contention that the agency first learned on Oct. 5 that Chiron Corp. would be barred from shipping half of America's flu vaccine supply.
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The Food and Drug Administration has demanded more answers from Chiron Corp. about its efforts to correct operating flaws at the Liverpool plant, where half of the US flu vaccine for this winter was lost to contamination.
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U.S. health regulators sent a  warning letter to Chiron Corp. detailing manufacturing  violations at a British flu vaccine plant and demanding more  information on plans to fix problems that wiped out half of the  U.S. flu shot supply this year.
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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. vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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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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The Food and Drug Administration again said the agency had no early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the  U.S. flu vaccine.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday again denied the agency had any early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the US flu vaccine.
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The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world&#39;s leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.
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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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British authorities shut down one of two makers of the flu vaccine used in the U.S., prompting a call Tuesday for healthy Americans to delay or forgo getting a flu shot to give priority to people who are at ...