Vaccine supply running dry
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The flu vaccine has all but vanished in Colorado, as public clinics have shut down, leaving high-risk people hoping that some more will arrive in a few weeks.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting at least four of them in recent weeks to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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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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Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display for a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places. The scene was repeated across the country as the nation's suddenly limited supply of flu vaccine was drained.
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The company that makes half the nation&#39;s supply, Chiron Corporation, has found four million tainted samples in its factory. It&#39;s postponing shipments of 50 million doses of vaccine until they&#39;re checked for safety.
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Government authorities at all levels have struggled to construct a fair distribution system since the nation lost half its expected vaccine inventory for this influenza season.
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Complaints are building across the country that health officials are failing to distribute the remaining flu vaccine supply quickly or equitably.
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The demand for flu vaccine was so great last year that the Carter County Health Department and most area doctors had their supplies depleted by the middle of December.
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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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Shipment of nearly half of the vaccine needed to protect Americans from flu this season -- about 48 million doses -- has been blocked by health authorities in England where it was manufactured
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The crisis in the nation's flu vaccine supply has led to renewed calls to modernize a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.    Because it takes at least six months to produce the annual flu vaccine, no manufacturer can replace the 46 million shots Chiron Corp...
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Long lines have formed at flu clinics in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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The US flu vaccine shortage has reached a low point. Distributors accross the nation and here in Texas are hiking up prices, taking advantage of the extreme need.
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Only a fraction of the people who need flu shots the most are getting them &#151; including just one in five babies and toddlers, say health officials who hope to boost those numbers as a record vaccine supply heads out this fall.
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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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U.S. officials are turning to vaccine providers to share their supplies and urging the public to save vaccines for those who need it most.
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A once-scarce vaccine that protects  against a range of infections including meningitis is back in  supply and small children should get four doses, the U.S.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.