Flu-vaccine seekers jam phone lines
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A flood of calls rapidly overwhelmed Marion County Health Department workers Tuesday morning as they attempted to make individual appointments for 350 shots of scarce flu vaccine.
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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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Although the United States is experiencing a shortage of flu vaccines this fall, don't be so eager for one that you're duped into purchasing it online.
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Complaints are building across the country that health officials are failing to distribute the remaining flu vaccine supply quickly or equitably.
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For the price of a postage stamp, Valley residents can buy a lottery ticket for a chance to get a flu shot if they&#39;re at risk for complications from the virus.
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As the flu vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation's capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail if they give flu shots to healthy, low-risk people.
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Many elderly Atlantans and parents of young children are frustrated and scared that they can&#39;t find flu shots for their high-risk loved ones, medical professionals said Thursday.
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Local public health officials are asking private clinics and doctors offices to postpone giving the flu vaccine until they have a better idea of how much will be available this flu season.
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LONG lines of anxious people have begun showing up at clinics across the United States as people scramble for flu vaccines. Hopes of averting a flu inoculation crisis as winter approaches have been dashed
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With flu vaccine shortages, some companies administering the vaccine are selling it at exorbitant prices. Two such cases from Grant and Pierce counties have been filed with the Washington State Attorney General&#39;s office.
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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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Minnesota officials are urging healthcare providers to forego flu shots this year so those most in need will have a better chance at the scarce vaccine.
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Nevada County health officials will be looking for flu vaccine today from the private sector so that enough will be available for children and seniors when flu season starts next month.
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The calls kept coming. And coming. With 800 flu shots to give away, Montgomery County&#39;s Health Department began accepting names for its lottery at 8 am yesterday.
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By plane and by car, US citizens arrive for the hottest commodity in Vancouver, BC&#39;s tourist trade: flu vaccine. VANCOUVER, BC -- When Dave Fish and Karen Fletcher drove more than 100 miles to get here Saturday
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Americans are caught between worries over the safety of the flu vaccine and fears that they will not be able to get it when they
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State health departments, which are scrambling to ensure that their highest-risk residents get flu shots, can now log on to a secure, private government Web site