Officials to Redirect Flu Vaccine
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Oct. 12, 2004 -- US health authorities are moving to redistribute millions of units of flu vaccine in an effort to direct doses to high-risk persons who are facing severe shortages this fall, officials said Tuesday.
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U.S. officials who just weeks ago  worried that the nation's flu shot supply would run short said  on Friday they are expanding the group of people who should get  the vaccine so that doses do not go to waste.
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Clark County health officials will meet Monday to consider loosening their guidelines for flu vaccine. The local decision will follow Friday&#39;s announcement from federal
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U.S. health officials turned to a back-up plan for flu season on Wednesday, working to redistribute doses of vaccine after losing half the anticipated supply.
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U.S. officials who just weeks ago worried that the nation's flu shot supply would run short said on Friday they are expanding the group of people who should get the vaccine so that doses do not go to waste.
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The federal government&#39;s decision Tuesday to redirect much of the nation&#39;s remaining flu vaccine means that, at least for the short-term, it will become even more difficult to get a flu shot in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
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The remaining flu doses that have yet to be shipped will be earmarked specifically to the areas and the people who need them most, according to a joint announcement Tuesday
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The Harris County Hospital District is hoping it can snag a few thousand of the 24 million doses of flu vaccine that haven&#39;t been shipped by vaccine maker Aventis Pasteur.
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Governor Doyle is expected to make an announcement Tuesday afternoon about the state&#39;s flu vaccine supply. Reports say the governor will make the flu vaccine available to more people.
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SPRINGFIELD -- As the clock keeps ticking on the fate of thousands of flu vaccine doses the state ordered from companies overseas, Gov.
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Warnings of a possible worldwide flu outbreak have local health officials spreading the word: Get in early for a vaccination. County health officials say preparation is essential since the Centers
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Top health officials with the Bush administration are fanning out across the country this week to quell rising anxiety over the flu vaccine shortage, asserting that there will
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WASHINGTON - The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.    But only a fraction of the 22.4 million doses that maker Aventis Pasteur has yet to ship can be diverted to areas with the biggest shortages...
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Federal health officials are scrambling to handle an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine, but it is too early to know how the situation will affect local supplies.
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State and local health departments will soon receive additional doses of the much-needed flu vaccine, but health officials say the new shipments won&#39;t be enough to meet the needs of all high-risk patients.
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Many of the nation&#39;s remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes, health departments and other places that care for high-risk patients, under
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Regional Health Department works to make sure that area&#39;s elderly people living in group settings receive scarce flu shots. A new supply of flu vaccine is finding its way to area nursing homes.