Doling out the last doses
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About 11.6 million doses of flu vaccine remain to be distributed nationwide, and federal health officials said they are working with state public health officials to ensure that dwindling supplies reach people most in need.
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"Seven weeks is a long time to be running back and forth. Mentally and physically, it's very draining."  Women with early-stage breast tumors can undergo a shorter course of radiation without a greater risk that their cancer will come back years later, the largest study to test this suggests.The results are good news for women who must quit work or travel far to receive the five-week, daily treatments usually given.'This is very disruptive to your life. If we could achieve the same outcome with less frequent visits to the radiation center ... this would be a tremendous benefit,' said Dr. Julie Gralow of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle. Read more
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A month ago, seniors were standing five hours in the sun for flu shots and the fear was the vaccine would run out. Now, with several months still remaining in the flu season and not even half the at-risk population
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Is it possible for one dose to protect 5 healthy adults from getting the flu? Yes, according to studies in this week&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine.
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22 million doses will be shipped, but health officials aren&#39;t sure how many California will get, or when. By Dorsey Griffith -- Bee Medical Writer.
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If you catch a cold or get the flu this winter, be very careful if you take more than one medication to ease your symptoms. The two drugs could share ingredients that could pose a danger
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Just weeks ahead of flu season US health officials are scrambling to manage a record shortage of influenza vaccine. The US supply was cut in half Tuesday when British regulators abruptly shut down major flu-shot supplier Chiron Corp.
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U.S. health officials turned to a back-up plan for flu season on Wednesday, working to redistribute doses of vaccine after losing half the anticipated supply.
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A Florida drug distributor accused of price gouging has agreed to stop buying and selling flu vaccines and will hand over its remaining inventory, totaling about 50 doses, the attorney general said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.    But only a fraction of the 22.4 million doses that maker Aventis Pasteur has yet to ship can be diverted to areas with the biggest shortages...
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If you've had a CT or MRI scan recently, ask your doctor for the CD. You can make something pretty with it. In Bodyhack.
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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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ANSWER: Cigna Medical Group has several more clinics scheduled (see box). Check with your doctor&#39;s office to see if they have ordered any new doses.
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With just four weeks left in 2004, now&#39;s the time for any last-minute tax planning you want to do. Last calls of this sort have taken on a new dimension recently because a growing number