Federal Panel Advises Easing of Restrictions on Flu Vaccine
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Two months after an unexpected vaccine shortage led government officials to restrict which groups should get influenza vaccinations, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday that the restraints be eased.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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NEW YORK - If the United States wants to avoid future shortages of flu vaccine it must take steps to draw drug companies back into the business of making the inoculations, flu experts say. In a bad year, the stakes could be higher than just saving people from fever, headaches and a runny nose...
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Federal health advisers recommended Tuesday that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure
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A top federal health official, lamenting &quot;a very fragile vaccine production system,&quot; urged healthy people today to defer getting their influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at risk.
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NEW YORK  - A new advisory by the American   Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology is   recommending that patients with cardiovascular disease get an   annual vaccination against influenza.
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Federal health officials, concerned that scarce flu vaccine may go unused, Friday announced plans to amend the guidelines on who should receive shots.
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Enough flu vaccine exists to protect most of those at the highest risk of developing serious complications, federal officials said during a stop in Detroit on Tuesday as
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Americans are caught between worries over the safety of the flu vaccine and fears that they will not be able to get it when they need it, a health official told Congress on Tuesday.
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Federal health advisers recommended Tuesday that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure, despite evidence it wouldn't protect most people.
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Description: Congress will hold hearings to determine how the nation wound up facing a shortage of influenza vaccine. About 40 million doses -- roughly half the anticipated US supply -- were impounded in Great
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ATLANTA -- 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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WASHINGTON - A top federal health official, lamenting "a very fragile vaccine production system," urged healthy people Wednesday to defer getting their influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at risk.   "We really need a long-term solution so we don't end up in this year-to-year situation where we don't have a reliable supply," Dr...
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- People most vulnerable to contracting the flu should not be standing in long lines for the vaccine because there should be enough for all who need it, federal officials said today.
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A panel of experts will meet on Tuesday to consider whether the Food and Drug Administration should approve Sanofi-Aventis' experimental bird flu vaccine, which could become the first such product cleared for the U.S. market.
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The Long Beach Health Department has eased restrictions on flu vaccinations, making them available to emergency services workers and residents age 50 and older, city officials said.