Flu Season Slow So Far, Official Says
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The U.S. influenza season is  starting slowly but it is still too early to tell how severe  the outbreak will be as the nation faces a vaccine shortage,  the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC) said on Sunday.
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Michigan has a little less than half the flu vaccine doses needed for priority groups, including the chronically ill and the elderly, health officials said Friday.
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Influenza is sending more people to the  hospital in the United States each year and the flu season  appears to be getting longer, a government study said on  Tuesday.
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The flu season is not here yet, but the shortage has prompted an uncertain triage of prevention.
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The flu vaccinations that doctors hoped would save the lives of fragile elderly people have apparently failed to lower death rates, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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State officials now can track flu vaccine shipments on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention secure Web site. Health officials have been grappling with flu vaccine shortages in recent weeks.
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Though a federal advisory committee has recommended easing restrictions on flu vaccine, state and local officials said Saturday that the shots will not be available this week to healthy people between the ages of 50 and 65.
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The decline in U.S. air travel that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks delayed the onset of that year's annual flu outbreak and slowed its spread around the country, according to a new analysis that could help health officials decide whether to impose flight restrictions in the event of a global...
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The Health Department has hesitated to release any information about the flu vaccine because things change daily, but at this point it is pretty clear that the shortage is real and permanent.
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Chiron Corp. of California says contamination concerns will delay the release of its flu virus vaccine until October. A spokesman said Thursday a final internal release procedure
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear Chiron Corp.&#39;s influenza vaccine for US use this flu season, Dr. Lester Crawford, the agency&#39;s acting commissioner, said Friday.
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Oct. 8, 2004 -- Government health officials and vaccine manufacturers warn that they can do little to ease the expected widespread flu shot shortages announced earlier this week.
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The Huntsville-Madison County Health Department has not yet received its order of flu vaccine from the state, and has not been able to reschedule its free flu shot clinics.
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Aug 27, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Close to half of the nation&#39;s influenza vaccine doses will be shipped later than expected this fall, but everyone who wants a flu shot should ultimately be able to get it, federal health officials said today.
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Description: With flu vaccines scarce, health officials say Americans worried about influenza can turn to several antiviral flu medications on the market.
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Three US government bodies are investigating why the United States is lacking about half the flu vaccines it needs this winter. Congress, the Justice Department and the Securities
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Vaccines and drugs will not be enough to slow or prevent a pandemic of influenza, according to a U.S. government report released on Tuesday.