Government considers guaranteeing flu vaccine supply
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The government is seriously considering making commitments to buy a certain number of flu shots each year to help bolster supply and avoid severe shortages like the one now, officials said Thursday.
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Federal health officials, concerned that scarce flu vaccine may go unused, Friday announced plans to amend the guidelines on who should receive shots.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich says his administration has negotiated a tentative agreement to purchase flu vaccinations from British wholesalers, but federal regulators must approve the deal.
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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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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration, seeking to ease a major shortage of flu shots, is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere, and have found a few million unsold doses.
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PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.
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The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation's shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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ATLANTA -- The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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If you&#39;re in a group considered vulnerable to flu, two government physicians have some reassuring words for you. Chances are good you&#39;ll be able to receive a flu shot this year
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Early signs suggest this year's record supply of flu vaccine could exceed demand, and the potential financial blow to the drug industry could diminish its interest in serving this market just as the U.S. government tries to prepare for a possible bird-flu pandemic.
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Governor Doyle is expected to make an announcement Tuesday afternoon about the state&#39;s flu vaccine supply. Reports say the governor will make the flu vaccine available to more people.
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of flu vaccine.
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WASHINGTON - The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could