British ban raises fear of flu shot shortages
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LONDON Shipments of flu shots by a major international vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries about whether there will be enough vaccine this year.
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Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation's health secretary cautioned Thursday.
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British authorities shut down one of two makers of the flu vaccine used in the U.S., prompting a call Tuesday for healthy Americans to delay or forgo getting a flu shot to give priority to people who are at ...
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Russia and Japan banned British poultry  imports after Britain's first outbreak of a deadly strain of  bird flu in farmed poultry that caused it to cull almost  160,000 turkeys on Monday.
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this year, sending American health authorities scrambling to ensure that those in greatest danger from the flu -- the elderly and frail -- can get remaining vaccine supplies.
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King County public health officials warned yesterday that a nationwide shortage of influenza vaccines would leave many local residents without access to flu shots this fall.
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As the nation prepared for a severe shortage of flu shots, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday that problems at the British plant that manufactured vaccine withheld by British authorities likely will be used as a "test case" to lobby for better information-sharing with European regulators.    Last Tuesday, British authorities blocked Chiron Corp...
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The US faces a flu vaccine shortage after British health authorities on Tuesday suspended the license of one of two key makers of influenza vaccine in the country.
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ATLANTA A former CDC vaccine expert says the government may have to ration available flu vaccine after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of a major supplier.
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BRITISH health authorities suspended the licence of the worldâs second biggest flu-vaccine maker, Chiron, yesterday, raising fears of a shortage this winter.
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Flu shots are in short supply this year, after British regulators have suspended the license of flu vaccine maker Chiron, one of the main companies that produce the vaccine.
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(Oct. 5) -- British health authorities have blocked flu vaccine shipments by the company Chiron, which produces half the vaccine used in the United States.
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US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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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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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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LONDON Oct. 5, 2004 - Flu shot shipments by a major vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities Tuesday just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries that there will be enough vaccine this year.
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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.