Flu Shot Shortage Highlights US Crisis -Officials
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made
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The flu vaccine shortage that&#39;s stirred worries here and abroad could look mild compared to another public health crisis that might be waiting in the wings.
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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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Federal health officials are scrambling to handle an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine, but it is too early to know how the situation will affect local supplies.
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Description: US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson says that when all else fails, call the government if you can&#39;t find a flu shot.
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As the flu crisis stretched into its third week, complaints are building across the country that health officials are failing to distribute the remaining vaccine supply quickly or equitably.
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People are lining up by the thousands in the US, worried they won&#39;t get their flu shot this year. The US can&#39;t fill the demand because of a manufacturing problem.
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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.
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LONDON Oct. 7, 2004 - Stunned US health officials met with British regulators Thursday to discuss the suspension of flu vaccine production that has slashed supplies across the United States and planned to
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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while
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ATLANTA -- A top US health official on Monday told senior citizens and other &quot;at-risk&quot; groups to relax about the flu vaccine shortage.
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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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This article was reported by Denise Grady, Lizette Alvarez, Gardiner Harris and Andrew Pollack and was written by Ms. Grady. Scene by disheartening scene, the spectacle of a severe shortage of flu vaccine is unfolding around the country.
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A poll carried out by the Associated Press reveals that 34% of Americans with a high-priority flu vaccine need relative are worried about the present flu vaccine crisis that has hit the USA.
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A flu vaccination shortage that caused lines of anxious elderly people outside drug stores and clinics across America prompted a fierce pre-election exchange of accusations between Democrats and Republicans on Monday.
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There&#39;s no health crisis in the United States despite the flu shot shortage, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson told reporters Monday.
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Global and US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.