Without a Clue on Flu: A Hapless Performance on the Flu Vaccine
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On Aug. 27, 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Julie Gerberding held a press conference and made the following statement: &quot;Yesterday, Chiron announced that it would have a delay
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President Bush didn't get one. Neither did most of his Cabinet. Same for Democrat John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The presidential candidates said they passed up a flu shot because of the vaccine shortage.
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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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Although the United States is experiencing a shortage of flu vaccines this fall, don't be so eager for one that you're duped into purchasing it online.
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The federal Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to protect the American public is in question in the wake of the problems with this year&#39;s flu vaccine shortage and claims that it is allowing unsafe drugs to remain on the market.
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Flu season is an annual part of our lives, yet the federal government fails almost every year to make sure the nation has an adequate supply of the vaccine.
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Scientists find a way to make cells effectively immune to flu and other viruses.
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How widespread is this year&#39;s flu, anyhow? We offer a site that shows the latest virus map, another that proves how hard it is to get the vaccine, and sites for tracking the political polls and starting your own blog.
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The current US flu vaccine shortage shows perfectly how poorly the world is prepared to handle the next global epidemic of influenza, health experts said on Sunday.
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The Food and Drug Administration uncovered contamination and unsanitary conditions at a British flu vaccine manufacturing plant in 2003 but failed to re-inspect it until similar
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the agency's acting commissioner, said Friday. It was unclear whether the lack of vaccine might lead to more flu deaths this year.
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SAN FRANCISCO: The crisis in the flu vaccine supply in the US has led to renewed calls to modernise a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.
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The government is weighing approval of a bird flu vaccine that a new analysis found is even less effective than previously thought.
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This season&#39;s flu vaccine shortage may be a useful wake-up call, and it should prompt citizens to demand the production of a sufficient supply of vaccines.
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The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn't perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu.
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US health officials have confirmed that the entire stock of flu vaccine from a British producer is unusable. The US had hoped to salvage some of the doses made by Chiron, which account for nearly half of its annual supply.
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A medication widely used to treat bouts of influenza may have become less effective in children than previously thought, the result of defiant new flu strains that crop up rapidly and persist