Governor Says He&#39;s Found More Flu Shots
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Governor Rod Blagojevich today says state officials have found an additional 200,000 doses of the flu vaccine in Europe. Blagojevich is seeking the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s approval to buy the vaccine.
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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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Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday said his administration has found even more flu vaccine from European suppliers and pressed federal officials for permission to ship the doses to Illinois amid a national shortage.
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The chance of getting a flu shot got a little better for some yesterday when the state got word it would receive more than 262,600 additional doses.
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The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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With federal public health officials scrounging for more influenza vaccine, a drug company announced Tuesday that it would supply an additional 2.6 million flu shots - though the doses will not be available until January.
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The state Department of Health is receiving 370,000 more doses of flu vaccine for people at high risk for flu. The state will start shipping out the vaccine today and Wednesday to county
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Nov. 5 - State health officer Dr. Don Williamson says county health departments will be getting another batch of flu vaccine. They should be available in the next week or so.
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Maricopa County is passing up 6,000 extra doses of flu vaccine, despite a waiting list of 24,000 residents wanting a shot because they are at risk for complications from the virus.
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_ Health officials said the flu was &quot;widespread&quot; in the city on Tuesday after finding increases in positive cultures from local labs, sales of over-the-counter flu medications and the number of people reporting symptoms in doctors&#39; offices
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Clark County will get 7,880 additional doses of flu vaccine this week but as in previous allocations, it will be restricted to people in priority categories.
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State and local health departments will soon receive additional doses of the much-needed flu vaccine, but health officials say the new shipments won&#39;t be enough to meet the needs of all high-risk patients.
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Regional Health Department works to make sure that area&#39;s elderly people living in group settings receive scarce flu shots. A new supply of flu vaccine is finding its way to area nursing homes.
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There is more flu vaccine on the way for Americans, and some of it will be coming to New Hampshire. Dr. William Kassler, the state medical director, said he spoke to officials
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As the clock keeps ticking on the fate of thousands of flu vaccine doses the state ordered from companies overseas, Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s administration Wednesday urged more Illinoisans
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With roughly 38,000 more doses of flu vaccine flowing into the state, officials are now pleading with those at risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu to get a shot.
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Florida will receive an additional 440,000 doses of scarce flu vaccine by next Tuesday, bringing the total doses shipped to the state to more than a million, state Health Secretary Dr.