Canadian Vaccine Policy May Become US Model
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When it comes to getting flu shots for its citizens, the United States may someday soon look like a giant version of Canada, its national-health-plan neighbor to the north.
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TORONTO -- Canadian health authorities have purchased an extra 145,000 doses of flu vaccine and are negotiating with a foreign supplier to import more if this season&#39;s high demand threatens to outstrip supplies.
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Canada&#39;s cattle and beef industries, battered by the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003, would win new access to the important US market by this spring under a plan
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By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY The U.S. will import 5.2 million flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany if plants there pass inspection, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced Thursday.
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VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based firm won&#39;t sell 1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine to the United States after all, announcing Tuesday that it will sell the doses within Canada instead.
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TORONTO - The prospect of a John Kerry victory in next Tuesday&#39;s US presidential election has some Canadian analysts worried that the country might have to contend with a more protectionist-minded neighbour and dominant trading partner.
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Vaccination against viruses that can lead to cervical cancer might be just a few years away following successful trials in the US, Canada and Brazil.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - With a US task report expected any day on importing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, there&#39;s growing speculation on both sides of the border that American officials may reverse course and finally endorse it.
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Canada warned the United States on Wednesday that it would not be able to meet its prescription drug needs. &quot;To me it is a matter of common sense that Canada cannot be the drugstore of the United States.
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Canada may have more than 2 million doses of surplus flu vaccine to help the United States battle a serious shortage, health officials said Monday, although US officials have
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More Americans are looking to Canada for ideas on fixing the health-care crisis.
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Americans would be allowed to carry  into the United States small quantities of prescription drugs  they buy in Canada under a tentative deal approved by  congressional negotiators.
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Internet sales of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers could be banned by Canada if a proposal being drafted by health officials is approved, changes that would essentially kill a &#36;700 million industry that has become increasingly popular with underinsured patients in search of cheaper medicine.
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The federal government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage. Up to 5 million doses are available from plants in Canada and Germany, but
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TORONTO (CP) - The organization that insures Canadian doctors is urging them to arm themselves legally if they are giving flu shots to Americans crossing the border because of vaccine shortages in the United States.
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MONTREAL (CP) - ID Biomedical, Canada's main supplier of flu vaccine, has elected to sell its remaining surplus doses of vaccine in Canada, not the United States, the company announced Tuesday.
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TORONTO (CP) - US health authorities seeking desperately to overcome a massive shortage of flu vaccine in that country are in discussions with Canada&#39;s major influenza vaccine producer, the company confirmed Tuesday.