Feds divert flu vaccine, may import more doses
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The United States will import 5.2 million flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany if plants there pass inspection, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Thursday.
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Health officials said Tuesday they have already diverted about four million doses of the vaccine to areas with the greatest need.
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The flu vaccine shortage might stretch into 2005 if one key US supplier cannot resume manufacturing in time. By Henry Barrios, The Bakersfield Californian via AP.
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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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United States health officials, taking another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to four million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a ...
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WASHINGTON Oct. 19, 2004 - Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January and they&#39;re scouring the globe for more vaccine to replace some
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ATLANTA - As concerns rise that tens of thousands of doses of flu shots could go to waste, federal officials were considering changing their advice on who should get the shot.
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Canada may have more than two million surplus doses of flu vaccine it could send to the United States, says Canada&#39;s public health officer.
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WASHINGTON - A senator suggested Tuesday that money federal health officials have sought to upgrade flu vaccine production is on the way - an effort to avoid another year like this one, when the United States lost nearly half its supply of vaccine.
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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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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.
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TORONTO -- Canadian health authorities have purchased an extra 145,000 doses of flu vaccine and are negotiating with a foreign supplier to import more if this season&#39;s high demand threatens to outstrip supplies.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada may provide some of its surplus flu vaccine to United  States.
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BOSTON - By giving flu shots in a different way, public health officials may be able to double the availability of scarce influenza vaccine, new research suggests.
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Finding FluMist may not be easy in coming weeks, despite the fact that MedImmune had produced 2 million additional doses in the light of the vaccine shortage.-washingtonpost.com
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It might be possible to stretch out the scarce US supply of flu vaccine by diluting it and injecting it differently, US researchers said Wednesday.
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The Florida Department of Health, which ordered 300,000 doses of flu vaccine from a company that can&#39;t deliver it, is likely to get about half that amount under a reallocation plan announced