Flu Shot Contamination Not A Health Crisis: CDC
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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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Bacterial contamination was first reported more than a month ago at a British flu vaccine factory.
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A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, U.S. health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu shot shortage...
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Federal health officials said that senior citizens shouldn&#39;t panic over the availability of flu vaccine because more doses soon will be shipped nationwide.
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The influenza vaccine given to Americans may not protect as well as expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday as the number of flu cases increased nationwide.
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Don&#39;t expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation&#39;s health secretary cautioned Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that its investigators found contamination problems with the manufacturing process of MedImmune's nasal flu vaccine FluMist but that the finished product was not affected.
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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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(National-NBC) Nov. 8, 2004 - A report in Monday&#39;s Kansas City Star newspaper says US inspectors knew five years ago there were contamination problems at a British plant that makes american flu vaccines.
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Some members of Congress are taking the US Food and Drug Administration to task for the agency&#39;s assertions that contamination problems at a major flu vaccine supplier took the FDA by surprise, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration has demanded more answers from Chiron Corp. about its efforts to correct operating flaws at the Liverpool plant, where half of the US flu vaccine for this winter was lost to contamination.
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The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs
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The US government announced Friday that nearly half of this year&#39;s flu vaccine supply will arrive about a month late because some doses may be contaminated.
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American drug inspectors found contamination and other problems in 2003 at a British plant that manufactures the flu vaccine that were similar to conditions that resulted
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The Food and Drug Administration said Monday the agency had no early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the U.S. flu vaccine.
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WASHINGTON - None of the nearly 50 million doses of Chiron Corp. flu vaccine being held in a plant in England can be safely used, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported today.