How To Fix The Flu Shot Mess
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(CBS/AP) The flu vaccine shortage has set off a scramble to find ways to prevent any repetition of this year&#39;s calamity, which has restricted shots to those most at risk.
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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation&#39;s supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.
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With influenza season just around the corner, the East Bay maker of half the nation&#39;s 100 million flu shots has temporarily halted distribution after tests found that up to 4 million doses of unreleased vaccine might have been tainted.
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Aug 27, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Close to half of the nation&#39;s influenza vaccine doses will be shipped later than expected this fall, but everyone who wants a flu shot should ultimately be able to get it, federal health officials said today.
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Chiron Corp. is making progress in  fixing the problems at its British vaccine plant that cost the  United States half its expected flu shot supply this year, a  Food and Drug Administration official said on Thursday.
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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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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on more companies to get into the vaccine business.
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WASHINGTON - Most healthy adults should delay or skip getting flu shots this year so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies, U.S. health officials said Tuesday as they scrambled to manage a surprise - and record - shortage...
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TORONTO - Public health officials and vaccine manufacturers are trying to find ways to boost the supply of flu vaccine in preparation for a deadly new type of influenza virus.
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Giving care home staff flu jabs can cut the number of illnesses and deaths among residents.
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With flu season upon us and vaccines in short supply, talk about the flu is everywhere. Yet there&#39;s still confusion about who&#39;s eligible for the shots, what medications can help treat flu, and even what flu is.
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U.S. regulators want Chiron Corp. to  tell them how they are going to fix contamination problems at a  British vaccine plant that wiped out half the U.S. flu shot  supply this year, the company said on Friday.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...
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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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FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - People who went to a Fergus Falls clinic to get a flu shot didn&#39;t receive the vaccine they wanted. Instead, they received an old-fashioned remedy for warding off the flu.
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A distinct reaction following a flu shot, which affects perhaps 3 or 4 people out of every 100 who are vaccinated, frequently occurs again when they're re-vaccinated.
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.