Flu shot shortage looms
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King County public health officials warned yesterday that a nationwide shortage of influenza vaccines would leave many local residents without access to flu shots this fall.
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Another 66,000 flu shots are on their way to Colorado to ease the pressure from a nationwide shortage, but officials have not said who will get them.
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The shortage of flu vaccine has become a major social issue in the United States, with thousands of elderly peopleâthose most at risk of life-threatening complications from influenzaâlining
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A shortage of flu vaccine has led to lines for injections while the authorities are battling to halt price gouging for the vaccines available.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was cut in half Tuesday as Britain abruptly shut down a major supplier just as flu season is about to begin. Facing a record shortage, U.S. health officials scrambled to reserve remaining shots for the elderly and others at highest risk from influenza.
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An abundant supply of flu shots may still not reach everyone who needs them because of distribution delays.
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This season&#39;s flu vaccine shortage may be a useful wake-up call, and it should prompt citizens to demand the production of a sufficient supply of vaccines.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
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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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The flu season is not here yet, but the shortage has prompted an uncertain triage of prevention.
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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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The region&#39;s largest hospital alliance is worried that it won&#39;t have enough flu shots to provide to employees and patients for the upcoming flu season.
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U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated...
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The flu vaccine shortage has set off a scramble to find ways to prevent any repetition of this year's calamity, which has restricted shots to those most at risk.
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Thousands of Douglas County residents at high risk for influenza may be unable to get flu shots this year because of a shortage of vaccine.
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In October and November Americans stood in line for hours to get one of the precious few flu shots. But now that more vaccine is available &#151; with a few million more doses expected from British and German suppliers &#151; demand is dwindling.