U.S. Expands Group Recommended for Flu Vaccine
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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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MedImmune Inc. will provide an additional 1 million doses of its FluMist nasal spray vaccine to the U.S. market this year to help the country cope with a shortage of flu shots, health officials said on Thursday.
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The government is purchasing as many as 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from plants in Canada and Germany to help relieve the U.S. shortage.
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State health authorities are recommending looser guidelines for the flu vaccine, extending the injections to people down to age 50 and to certain children ages 2 to 18.
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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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AUSTIN - The Department of State Health Services has expanded its priority list for flu shots recipients to include people over 50 and caregivers of those deemed high risk.
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Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) officials said yesterday, Dec. 21, that they will support the recommended expansion of flu shot priority target groups announced on Friday by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Anticipating California will soon receive as many as 650,000 additional doses of flu vaccine, state officials yesterday expanded eligibility for the shots to people ages 50 to 64, emergency
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There is more flu vaccine on the way for Americans, and some of it will be coming to New Hampshire. Dr. William Kassler, the state medical director, said he spoke to officials
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MedImmune's FluMist nasal vaccine  should be included in the U.S. government's Vaccines for  Children program, expanding its distribution to children over  the age of 5 and teens, federal advisers said on Thursday.
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US health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing
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A fifth seasonal flu vaccine gained federal approval Thursday, further boosting the record levels of doses available for the upcoming influenza season.
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At least one local health department has set guidelines for who may received flu vaccine that are tougher than the limits spelled out in an emergency order from the state.
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Two months after an unexpected vaccine shortage led government officials to restrict which groups should get influenza vaccinations, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday that the restraints be eased.
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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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The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday as the number of flu cases increased nationwide.
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Aventis-Pasteur will supply the US market with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine beyond what the company already has promised, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said on Tuesday.