Nurse in Flu-Shot Scare Claims Innocence
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The woman offering flu shots for $20 in the commons area at Augsburg college seemed plausible enough -- green scrubs, white lab coat, stethoscope -- that some three dozen people
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As flu season neared in late September, the drugmaker at the center of the vaccine shortage radiated confidence. Only four weeks earlier, Chiron had surprised public
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MINNEAPOLIS A woman who allegedly sold flu shots at a Minnesota college, then fled when her credentials were questioned, remains in jail.
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A woman becomes the fifth person in two weeks infected with avian flu in Vietnam, as fears of a new outbreak rise.
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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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State health officials announced the first flu case of the year on Thursday and reminded residents to take extra care to prevent the spread of the virus because of the ongoing vaccine shortage.
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Common misconceptions about influenza and the flu vaccine may be preventing people from getting vaccinated, a new survey has found.
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As the flu vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation's capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail if they give flu shots to healthy, low-risk people.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5 -- A woman who allegedly sold flu shots, then fled when her credentials were questioned, was giving people the real vaccine and was trying to raise money for her daughter&#39;s school fundraiser, her ex-husband said.
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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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The sudden shortage of flu vaccine has raised questions about how people can protect themselves during the coming flu season. USA Today reporter Anita Manning asked infectious disease experts for advice.
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A 79-year-old Orinda, Calif., woman collapsed and died after waiting more than four hours to obtain a flu shot at a local Safeway supermarket, the Contra Costa Times reported Friday.
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MINNEAPOLIS - A woman who gave what she said were flu shots to more than two dozen people, then fled when asked for information about her credentials, was arrested Friday, police said.
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MINNEAPOLIS A nurse who allegedly ran an unauthorized flu shot clinic at a Minnesota college says she had permission from an administrator to be there.
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At the Walgreens flu shot clinic, the honor system is in place.    If you tell nurses there you have a chronic heart problem, you can get a shot...
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MONTREAL, Oct 17 (IPS) - One of the largest mass murderers of the 20th  century gets no respect. That, say experts, is why the temporary  shutdown of just one production plant in England has created a  drastic shortage of influenza vaccine in the United States as  winter flu season approaches.
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Michelle Lynn Torgerson was selling flu shots at $20 each at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, to students. When asked for her credentials she fled.