Health officials in high gear to secure more flu vaccine
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Federal health officials scrambled yesterday to secure more flu shots as lines of seniors and others most vulnerable to the illness grew at the few San Diego County retail sites offering the scarce vaccine.
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California health officials received more than a quarter-million doses of scarce influenza vaccine on Thursday and will begin distributing the new supply to county health departments on Monday, authorities said.
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U.S. officials who just weeks ago  worried that the nation's flu shot supply would run short said  on Friday they are expanding the group of people who should get  the vaccine so that doses do not go to waste.
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The state health department is trying to determine how much flu vaccine is in Alabama and how to get it to those most in need. State Health Officer Don Williamson
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The pressure on doctors to give flu shots only to those who need them most just got a little stronger. Erie County&#39;s top health official issued a commissioner&#39;s order Wednesday that directs
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SACRAMENTO The state&#39;s top health official has ordered doctors and health care workers to reserve flu shots for high-risk patients such as the elderly and young children.
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Thousands more doses of the sought-after flu vaccine will be available at public clinics and senior centers throughout San Diego County, local health officials announced Wednesday.
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U.S. officials are turning to vaccine providers to share their supplies and urging the public to save vaccines for those who need it most.
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State health departments, which are scrambling to ensure that their highest-risk residents get flu shots, can now log on to a secure, private government Web site
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Michigan&#39;s top health agency is overseeing the distribution of 230,000 new doses of flu vaccine, to get shots to high-risk people in the next three weeks.
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The state Department of Health is receiving 370,000 more doses of flu vaccine for people at high risk for flu. The state will start shipping out the vaccine today and Wednesday to county
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PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
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TORONTO - Public health officials and vaccine manufacturers are trying to find ways to boost the supply of flu vaccine in preparation for a deadly new type of influenza virus.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 11 million doses of influenza vaccine remain and the agency is working with local public-health officials amid a shortage to make sure the supply reaches high-risk groups.
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Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January. The amount doesn&#39;t come close to
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US health officials announced Thursday that they have identified more than 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from overseas sources that may be suitable for import to the United States.
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If you&#39;re in a group considered vulnerable to flu, two government physicians have some reassuring words for you. Chances are good you&#39;ll be able to receive a flu shot this year