Desperately seeking flu vaccine? Get in line
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The intense demand for flu vaccine, fueled partly by its scarcity, has many wondering how the richest nation in the world could be caught so unprepared.
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If avoiding the misery of the flu isn&#39;t enough to send you scurrying to your doctor&#39;s office as soon as the annual flu shot becomes available, here&#39;s another good reason -- it might just keep you out of the hospital.
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CHARLOTTE, NC - Hundreds of people lined up at the Mecklenburg County Health Department on Monday to receive a flu vaccine. In fact, some were lined up at the doors of the Beatties Ford Road clinic two hours before it opened at 8:30 am.
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People are lining up by the thousands in the US, worried they won&#39;t get their flu shot this year. The US can&#39;t fill the demand because of a manufacturing problem.
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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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TORONTO - Public health officials and vaccine manufacturers are trying to find ways to boost the supply of flu vaccine in preparation for a deadly new type of influenza virus.
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Federal health officials scrambled yesterday to secure more flu shots as lines of seniors and others most vulnerable to the illness grew at the few San Diego County retail sites offering the scarce vaccine.
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Jack Bond&#39;s hospital pharmacy needed 2,800 flu shots, but his supplier couldn&#39;t provide them. Plenty of other distributors were ready to meet his needs, though - for a price: as much as $600 for a vial of 10 flu shots that normally costs about $80.
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A flu vaccination shortage that caused lines of anxious elderly people outside drug stores and clinics across America prompted a fierce
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For the price of a postage stamp, Valley residents can buy a lottery ticket for a chance to get a flu shot if they&#39;re at risk for complications from the virus.
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â-nless you work on Capitol Hill or are willing to trek across the Canadian border, your chances of receiving a flu shot just reached Lotto-like proportions.
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Baby boomers, wash your hands and cover your mouths. The country's supply of vaccine for influenza, or the flu, was cut in half last week when CHIRON, an English company that makes flu vaccine, had its ...
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MADISONâIf you miss getting a flu shot this season and you want to fix blame when you&#39;re on your sickbed, take a look in the mirror.
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The scene of Americans standing in line for a flu shot moved to Canada yesterday. After word spread that two clinics across the border from Buffalo were offering the vaccine commercially, patients
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If you don&#39;t meet the criteria to receive a flu shot this season, you still may be able to get vaccinated - up your nose. MedImmune Inc.
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With flu vaccines in short supply, federal health officials are advising the nation's elderly to get vaccinated against pneumonia, the most common serious complication of the flu.
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In October and November Americans stood in line for hours to get one of the precious few flu shots. But now that more vaccine is available &#151; with a few million more doses expected from British and German suppliers &#151; demand is dwindling.