HHS: Foreign flu shots coming to US to ease shortage
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The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five (m) million doses that are available from plants in Canada and Germany.
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OTTAWA - Canada could use its surplus of flu vaccine to help the US with its shortage, federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said Monday.
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The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is &quot;not a health crisis,&quot; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, and he urged people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation&#39;s limited number of vaccines.
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The government is purchasing as many as 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from plants in Canada and Germany to help relieve the US shortage.
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PARIS While patients are panicking over a shortage of flu vaccines in the United States, vaccination programs in the rest of the world are progressing normally with a good supply of medicine, health authorities say.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will distribute the country&#39;s remaining 10.3 million doses of flu vaccine to state health departments.
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ATLANTA The federal government will soon announce the purchase and distribution plan for additional flu vaccines that will help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage.
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Flu vaccine is en route to local health departments and other providers, which will receive the shipments next week, the state Department of Health Services said Thursday.
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Federal health officials could import up to 5.2 million additional flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany to help mitigate an unexpected national flu vaccine supply shortage if manufacturing facilities in those countries pass FDA inspections, HHS
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US health officials announced Thursday that they have identified more than 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from overseas sources that may be suitable for import to the United States.
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Contamination in a British factory that  supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause  some delays but no shortage of flu shots this year, federal  health officials said on Friday.
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In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
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WASHINGTON Dec 10, 2004 - A European-produced flu vaccine widely used in other countries will be tested at four locations in the United States, the government announced.
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WASHINGTON Dec 6, 2004 - The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage.
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US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said yesterday that enough flu vaccine will be available for most people who need it and told seniors to stop standing in long lines to get a shot.
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WASHINGTON - The government said Tuesday that flu vaccine manufactured in Germany was safe enough to be used in the United States and that as many as 4 million doses would be available to alleviate the US shortage.
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Washington - A French pharmaceutical company will supply 2.6 million extra anti-flu shots to help the United States cope with a vaccine shortage that has sparked public concern, a top US health official said on Tuesday.