Price controls, overregulation caused flu vaccine shortage
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The announcement came last week: Flu vaccine shortage. Chiron Corporationâs flu vaccine facility in Liverpool, England, had its license suspended for three months by British health regulators because of contamination problems.
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This year&#39;s unexpected shortage of flu vaccine was a result of vaccine doses becoming contaminated during production. On October 5th, Chiron Corporation, a California-based biotechnology
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The announcement was a blow to U.S. health officials, who are scrambling to calm growing public alarm about vaccine shortages because of the loss of about half of the 100 million doses of flu vaccine the nation was expecting.
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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 pre-election exchange  of accusations between Democrats and Republicans on Monday.
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Nearly everyone seemed to have been caught off-guard last month when a British flu vaccine manufacturer was closed down by authorities because of contamination that was discovered at the company&#39;s Liverpool plant.
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Brace yourself for delays and potentially long lines to get a flu shot in Arizona this year. One of the nation&#39;s two largest flu manufacturers is delaying shipments after finding tainted doses of its vaccine.
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â¢ Some health experts are blaming the federal government for relying on just two companies to supply all of the nationâs flu vaccine, since any glitch was bound to have dire effects.
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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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This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to &#36;20 billion in lost productivity &#151; almost twice as much as in a typical year &#151; depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate.
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TORONTO (CP) - Health officials in at least a couple of provinces are worried an increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall for high-risk individuals in Canada this winter.
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The company that makes half the flu vaccine used in the U.S. was suspended for manufacturing problems.
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Federal health officials said on Thursday that they would investigate reports of price gouging for flu shots in response to a severe national shortage of the influenza vaccine.
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Long lines have formed at flu clinics held in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of flu vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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This season's flu-shot shortage is enticing companies to enter a market that others have largely abandoned because of poor profits.- The Washington Post
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WASHINGTON -- This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to $20 billion in lost productivity -- almost twice as much as in a typical year -- depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate.
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Oct. 14, 2004 - Caught off-guard by a last-minute flu vaccine shortage, hospitals and health officials are grappling with a side-effect perhaps more virulent than the bug itself: price gouging.
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The US flu vaccine shortage has reached a low point. Distributors accross the nation and here in Texas are hiking up prices, taking advantage of the extreme need.