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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It&#39;s too early to tell whether this flu season will be severe, but some doctors are worried a major outbreak could cripple the nation&#39;s emergency rooms.
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Flu season is in full swing, with wide outbreaks in 11 states Â and a new strain is starting to emerge that this year's vaccine doesn't specifically target, the government's public health chief said Friday.
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The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is &quot;not a health crisis,&quot; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, and he urged people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation&#39;s limited number of vaccines.
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LOS ANGELES -- This fall&#39;s first confirmed case of influenza in Los Angeles County was reported Wednesday by the county&#39;s public health director.
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The 2004-05 flu season is starting slower than last year&#39;s, easing some fears about the nation&#39;s shortage of flu vaccine. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 29
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Government health officials gave an upbeat flu report yesterday, telling Congress that early signs point to a light flu season and that 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine may soon be available.
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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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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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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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More than a year after President Bush unveiled a plan for coping with a pandemic flu outbreak, the government still has limited capacity to detect a disease outbreak.
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ATLANTA The flu season is off to a slow start, to the relief of government health authorities dealing with a vaccine shortage. Only Delaware and New York are reporting significant flu activity.
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Pointing to last year's early and  unusually harsh influenza season, U.S. health officials urged  Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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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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Local and state health officials are complaining that their federal counterparts have given them almost no information to deal with the shortage of flu vaccines.
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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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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.