Fed Gov promises investigation into polio vaccine virus SV40
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TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government has promised an inquiry into reports that the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories knowingly released batches of the polio vaccine contaminated with a virus linked to cancer.
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Cautious optimism is building over the prospect of defeating the respiratory disease known as valley fever, largely because of $40 million in grants that will be used toward vaccine testing.
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The Palm Beach County Health Department expects to receive as many as 40,000 doses of flu vaccine in the next week. They say they soon will begin distributing the vaccines to medical providers and those most at risk of contracting the disease.
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  urged state attorneys general to fully investigate reports of  price gouging by companies distributing scarce supplies of  influenza vaccine and fully prosecute offenders.
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Thousands of federal workers will be able to get free flu shots next week if they fall into a high-risk category, the Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday.
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U.S. health officials urged states  on Thursday to investigate reports of price gouging by  companies distributing scarce supplies of influenza vaccine and  to prosecute offenders.
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Uganda will next month launch a nationwide drive to vaccinate nearly three million children against polio in a bid to prevent a feared outbreak in Sudan from spreading, the health ministry said.
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U.S securities regulators have launched  an informal civil investigation into whether Chiron Corp.  failed to adequately disclose the extent of problems at its  flu-vaccine production plant in England, according to the  online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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A review into contaminated polio vaccine has been ordered by Australia&#39;s Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott, after an investigation showed at least two batches were released for use after testing positive for contamination, according to a report in The
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Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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_ Consumer and cattle-industry groups joined the government in cautioning against public alarm as federal scientists investigate a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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Health experts and drugs companies on Friday urged rich countries to come up with public funding to spur development of a human vaccine against a pandemic strain of the bird flu virus that could kill millions of people around the world within months.
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation's supply of flu vaccine.
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County health officials received promised flu vaccine from the state this week and now can offer shot clinics to seniors and others at risk of complications from influenza.
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TORONTO - The chief executive of Canada&#39;s pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturer says he believes the federal government will fund development and testing of a candidate vaccine for the avian flu strain known as H5N1.
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U.S. health officials have placed the genetic blueprints of more than 650 flu viruses into a public database, in an attempt to increase flu research and set an example for other nations.