Update 7: Officials Warn of Major Flu Shot Shortages
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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.
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U.S. health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.
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HONOLULU -- The Health Department is asking healthy adults not to get flu shots because of a drastic shortage of vaccine this year.
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LONDON - Flu shot shipments by a major vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities Tuesday just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries that there will be enough vaccine this year.   "The implications may be significant...
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OLYMPIA -- With an acute shortage of flu vaccine this year, authorities are warning consumers to be on the alert for price-gouging or practitioners using old, diluted or counterfeit vaccine.
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Come one, come all: After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around &#151; up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced.
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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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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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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
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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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Oct. 12, 2004 -- US health authorities are moving to redistribute millions of units of flu vaccine in an effort to direct doses to high-risk persons who are facing severe shortages this fall, officials said Tuesday.
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Where does last week's abrupt announcement of a major U.S. flu shot shortage leave you, as the flu season gets underway?
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One day after officials with the NC Division of Public Health released a draft plan for dealing with an influenza pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported there would be a shortage of flu vaccines this year.
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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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THERE IS MORE TO REPORT ABOUT THE FLU SHOT SHORTAGE HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE US, AND THE WORLD. THE ERIE CENTER ON HEALTH AND AGING NOW SAYS THEY WILL HAVE TO CANCEL ALMOST ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITY FLU SHOT DISTRIBUTIONS NEXT WEEK.
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A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, U.S. health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu shot shortage...
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Brace yourself for delays and potentially long lines to get a flu shot in Arizona this year. One of the nation&#39;s two largest flu manufacturers is delaying shipments after finding tainted doses of its vaccine.