U.S. Searching Out More Flu Vaccine Worldwide
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U.S. health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.
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The flu vaccine shortage shows how unprepared the world is for what could be a global flu epidemic percolating in Asia, experts said here Sunday.
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Another 1 million doses of a nasal spray influenza vaccine will be available in the United States this year, Bush administration officials said on Thursday as they sought to calm concerns about a flu shot shortage.
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Unlike last year when health officials urged more people to get flu vaccines, authorities are asking the public to save the supplies for those most at risk after half of the nation&#39;s anticipated supply of vaccine became unavailable last week.
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The government is pressing to buy more flu vaccine despite a slow start to the flu season. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of
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About 11.6 million doses of flu vaccine remain to be distributed nationwide, and federal health officials said they are working with state public health officials to ensure that dwindling supplies reach people most in need.
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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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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.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich today says state officials have found an additional 200,000 doses of the flu vaccine in Europe. Blagojevich is seeking the US Food and Drug Administration&#39;s approval to buy the vaccine.
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Aventis-Pasteur (AVEP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) will supply the US market with an additional 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine beyond what the company already has promised, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said
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(CBS/AP) More flu vaccine is expected to be available for millions of Americans in January, but that could be too late. The flu season typically peaks in January or later.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 20, 2004 - More flu vaccine is expected to be available for millions of Americans in January, but that could be too late.
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US officials say manufacturer Aventis Pasteur can produce another 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine, but the shipment won&#39;t arrive in America until January.
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WASHINGTON - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.    A record 100 million doses of flu vaccine will be available this year, the vast majority of it shipped to doctors' offices by the end of October, said Dr...
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The flu vaccine is not the only vaccine that Americans could find in short supply due to a lack of enough manufacturing facilities licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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More flu vaccine, this time from Germany, will be available to help alleviate the US crunch, but that still will leave the country with just two-thirds of the roughly 100 million doses initially expected.
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WASHINGTON - The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage.