Fears over delay to flu vaccines
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The elderly and those with chronic conditions may be put at risk because of delays in delivering flu jabs, GPs say.
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The World Health Organisation yesterday suggested there may be an international shortage of flu vaccines this winter as medicines watchdogs suspended the British manufacturing licence of the world&#39;s second-largest supplier.
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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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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 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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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported today.
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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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Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.
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he Chiron Corporation, a major manufacturer of influenza vaccine, said yesterday that it had detected a contamination problem in its new supply and was delaying release of nearly 50 million
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported Thursday.
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Federal health officials are scrambling to handle an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine, but it is too early to know how the situation will affect local supplies.
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WASHINGTON - Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...
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Common misconceptions about influenza and the flu vaccine may be preventing people from getting vaccinated, a new survey has found.
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(Sept. 29) -- Flu season is upon us. But the question is -- will there be enough flu vaccine to go around? Last year&#39;s shortage is causing a lot of people to worry.
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Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America&#39;s influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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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.
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Studies of flu outbreaks in Indonesia and Turkey found that waiting for laboratory confirmation of an avian flu outbreak causes potentially dangerous treatment delays.