Flu Shot Shortage Was Years in the Making
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The news that the flu vaccine supply in the United States would be halved because of regulatory problems in Great Britain was greeted by both public health officials and the vaccine&#39;s maker as a bombshell, but new reports say the seeds were planted for
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Prioritizing flu shots for those most in need is proving difficult as inventories of hospitals, nursing homes and individual physicians are surveyed in the Washington region.
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Instead of an expected flu shot shortage, the vaccine is piling up at doctors&#39; offices and clinics in the Valley. The declining demand has state health authorities talking about dropping the recommended age limit for a flu shot to 50 and older from 65.
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The unexpected suspension of Chiron&#39;s production of flu vaccine created a sudden shortage of the supply available to Americans.
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This article was reported by Denise Grady, Lizette Alvarez, Gardiner Harris and Andrew Pollack and was written by Ms. Grady. Scene by disheartening scene, the spectacle of a severe shortage of flu vaccine is unfolding around the country.
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The shortage of flu vaccine has left older people and public health officials scrambling to find shots. But the limited supply could mean that more people at high risk will get the vaccine this year.
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Instead of an expected flu shot shortage, the vaccine is piling up at doctors&#39; offices and clinics. The declining demand has state health authorities talking about dropping the recommended age limit for a flu shot to 50 and older from 65.
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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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Come one, come all: After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around &#151; up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced.
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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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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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Just a month ago, the US government was predicting more than a 100 million doses of vaccine would be available for this yearâs flu seasonâthe highest ever.
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CHICAGO A Dutch study on the effectiveness of flu shots in the elderly shows the seriousness of the vaccine shortage in the US. The study found that elderly people who got any flu shots from 1996 to 2002 were 22 percent less likely to die from any cause.
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The flu vaccine is not the only vaccine that Americans could find in short supply due to a lack of enough manufacturing facilities licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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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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The unexpected flu vaccine shortage is thrusting a class of powerful virus-fighting drugs into a sudden spotlight. For more than a quarter century, doctors have turned to antiviral medications
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A month ago, seniors were standing five hours in the sun for flu shots and the fear was the vaccine would run out. Now, with several months still remaining in the flu season and not even half the at-risk population