Flu Vaccine Is a Poor Match for Current Strains
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It's shaping up to be a bad flu season, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the current vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs. The flu shot is a good match for only about 40 percent of this year's flu viruses.
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Oct. 18 - Repeated testing of the flu vaccine manufactured at a lab in Britain has ended hopes that some of that vaccine could be salvaged.
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Injecting flu vaccine into the skin instead of muscle could stretch limited supplies, two studies reported Wednesday. Researchers injected less than half the standard flu vaccine dose into the skin.
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Next season's influenza vaccine will be changed to protect against a new strain of the virus that was first identified in California.
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ALBANY, NY The state is getting hundreds of thousands of doses of flu vaccine, but the supply will still fall short of what New York needs.
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Common misconceptions about influenza and the flu vaccine may be preventing people from getting vaccinated, a new survey has found.
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The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little research into the development of vaccines, ...
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The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs.
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The number of toddlers vaccinated against influenza in the United States has jumped during the current flu season, but fewer older Americans are lining up for the shots, federal officials said on Thursday.
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Dr Gary McCallum, Washington state, has been accused of giving 55 patients out-of-date flu vaccines. He used last year&#39;s vaccines, says the Medical Quality Assurance Commission of Washington State.
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Two months ago throughout the United States, people waited in line for hours just to get a flu shot. Now that the supply of vaccine has broadened, it seems few people are still waiting, the Associated Press reported.
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State and local health departments will soon receive additional doses of the much-needed flu vaccine, but health officials say the new shipments won&#39;t be enough to meet the needs of all high-risk patients.
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US researchers believe they have found a weak spot in the flu virus that could be a target for new drugs.
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A new strain of flu virus called "A California" will be added to the mix used in the U.S. vaccine for next season, which is already causing anxiety after a shortage in the current season.
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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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Just days after health officials announced that there would be plenty of flu vaccine to go around this winter, they now say there will only be enough to vaccinate those in &quot;high risk&quot; groups.
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The sudden, major flu vaccine shortage that shocked health authorities last week highlights two vulnerabilities in the nation&#39;s immunization system: a reliance on a few private manufacturers that use old technology, and government&#39;s faith that companies