Can flu vaccine be stretched?
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It might be possible to stretch out the scarce US supply of flu vaccine by diluting it and injecting it differently, US researchers said Wednesday.
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Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display for a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places. The scene was repeated across the country as the nation's suddenly limited supply of flu vaccine was drained.
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Heavily diluted doses of existing smallpox vaccine remain effective, which means the US stockpile of the vaccine can be stretched if needed, researchers said on Tuesday.
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If you don&#39;t meet the criteria to receive a flu shot this season, you still may be able to get vaccinated - up your nose. MedImmune Inc.
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Two months ago throughout the United States, people waited in line for hours just to get a flu shot. Now that the supply of vaccine has broadened, it seems few people are still waiting, the Associated Press reported.
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State health authorities are recommending looser guidelines for the flu vaccine, extending the injections to people down to age 50 and to certain children ages 2 to 18.
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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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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
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More than 100 million doses of   influenza vaccine, the largest number ever shipped, will be   available for the U.S. market this flu season, the U.S. Centers   for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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Federal health officials, concerned that scarce flu vaccine may go unused, Friday announced plans to amend the guidelines on who should receive shots.
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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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Fearing that a flu vaccine shortage may turn into a glut, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday more people should get shots so the vaccines don't go to waste.
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If one of your New Year&#39;s resolutions is to get a flu shot, it&#39;s one you don&#39;t want to put off much longer. Only about 250 doses of flu vaccine are still available to residents of Yellowstone
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Up to 132 million doses of influenza vaccine, a record, should be available in the United States for the flu season, health officials said on Wednesday as they encouraged Americans to get their shots.
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U.S. health officials said they do not expect a flu shot shortage after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated.
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One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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LONDON - 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.   "The implications may be significant...