Contamination fear cuts nation&#39;s supply of flu shots in half
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Forget about getting a flu shot this year unless you&#39;re at high risk of developing complications from the virus. Even then, it may be difficult to find the vaccine.
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U.S. health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the U.S. vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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NEW YORK - For the second year in a row, the US may face a profound shortage of flu vaccine. As a result of manufacturing problems, the biotech company that makes half of the flu shots needed in the US said it could not deliver any vaccine at all.
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Preparations for this year&#39;s influenza season were upended Tuesday when federal officials announced that the country&#39;s supply of flu vaccine would be half of what had been expected.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, U.S. health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu shot shortage...
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The US government announced Friday that nearly half of this year&#39;s flu vaccine supply will arrive about a month late because some doses may be contaminated.
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Prospects of losing half of the US flu vaccine came as a surprise to the US Food and Drug Administration last week, the Washington Post said Tuesday.
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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's supply of flu vaccine.
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The kickoff to Milwaukee&#39;s annual flu shot campaign took a blow Tuesday as the manufacturer of half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine said it would not ship nearly 50 million doses.
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With nearly half the nationâs supply of flu vaccine quarantined, where can Americans find the doses that are available? Health officials urge them not to even try unless they fall into one of the groups at risk of serious illness from flu.
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WASHINGTON Federal health officials warned today that fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don&#39;t get one.
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Chironmakes half the US supply of flu shots. The company says it has to safety check the doses after finding contamination in some batches.
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US health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu-shot shortage in the wake of a leading flu vaccine maker&#39;s announcement that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated.
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Only a few companies produce the vaccine known as the flu shot. When the UK announced that one company - accounting for half of the vaccines needed in the US - was having its license suspended due to contamination concerns - it created immediate concern.
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The staggering loss of half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine supply has turned medical advice on its head: Healthy Americans should skip flu shots, the government is urging, but only so the sick and elderly can get theirs.
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Dozens of flu shot clinics sponsored by local health departments and businesses have been scrapped in recent days in the wake of the news that nearly half the nation&#39;s vaccine supply was lost.