Flu vaccine supply cut by half
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A top world supplier of the flu vaccine had its license suspended Tuesday, drastically reducing in half the number of available doses.
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The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world&#39;s leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.
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Veterans' hospitals,     pediatricians, nursing homes and the U.S. military head the  list of those getting flu vaccine first this year under a plan  to make up for the loss of half the country's supply, officials  said on Tuesday.
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Flu shots could be restricted to young children, senior citizens and others at high risk for influenza after the nation&#39;s vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half Tuesday.
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Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America&#39;s influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.
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The Justice Department is investigating the Chiron Corporation, whose British factory was shut down, cutting in half the supply of flu shots in the United States this winter.
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The lack of available flu vaccine in US this flu season means a substantial portion of the population will not be protected against influenza infection.
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The company that makes half the flu  vaccine used in the United States said on Tuesday it will not  supply any vaccine for the coming flu season because of  problems at its plant in Britain, throwing a major U.S. flu  drive into disarray.
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It is almost unbelievable - and surely unacceptable - that the world&#39;s most medically advanced nation should suddenly find nearly half of its expected supply of influenza vaccine wiped out by manufacturing problems at a single plant in England.
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Less than one-quarter of the flu vaccine the state ordered for babies, toddlers and older children with serious health conditions has arrived so far, prompting concern about whether enough will be available to fully vaccinate the estimated 280,000
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Fewer than half of Americans plan to get the flu vaccine this year, mostly because they do not worry about flu, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
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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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The loss of one-half of the nation's expected flu vaccine inventory has sparked widespread public anxiety over where to find remaining vaccine and challenged health providers to get unshipped stocks to those who most need them.
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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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Top federal health officials yesterday said the United States likely will have only half its expected supply of flu vaccine this year, and that most
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RALEIGH - More than half of the people at risk for flu shots aren&#39;t getting them, federal health officials have found. Overall, about 75 percent of the nation&#39;s flu vaccine does go to high-priority populations
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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.