Thompson: More Flu Vaccine On The Way
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Elderly Americans waiting for a flu shot should be patient -- more is on the way. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson delivered the message Friday afternoon in West Des Moines.
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The federal government will announce a plan this week to purchase additional flu shots to help relieve the nation&#39;s shortage, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
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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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The United States has found 5 million doses of influenza vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc in Germany and ID Biomedical in Canada and is trying to get them for Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said on Thursday.
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A senator suggested Tuesday that money federal health officials have sought to upgrade flu vaccine production is on the way - an effort to avoid another year like this one, when
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WASHINGTON Oct. 20, 2004 - More flu vaccine is expected to be available for millions of Americans in January, but that could be too late.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday the US will immediately buy 1.2 million doses of the vaccine, called Fluarix, from Germany, and more could be on the way.
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The county is expecting two more shipments of flu vaccine -- one probably next month and another in January. Fortunately, said Dr.
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MedImmune Inc. will deliver another 1 million doses of its FluMist nasal spray flu vaccine to help ease a US shortage, after restarting a Philadelphia plant, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said.
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WASHINGTON--State officials said Tuesday they have begun to distribute another 24,000 influenza vaccine doses, a recent addition to the 60,000 already provided.
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Virginia should get 232,000 more doses of flu vaccine over the next three weeks, state health officials said Tuesday. The shots will go to nursing home residents and other people at high risk of getting dangerously ill.
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Arizona will receive an additional 22,500 doses of the flu vaccine, the state health department said Monday. The vaccine, which could arrive by Wednesday, will be sent to county health departments in the next
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MedImmune will produce more of its FluMist vaccine to help in efforts to make up for the national shortage of flu vaccine this year.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - 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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PHILADELPHIA (KYW) Federal officials say don&#39;t panic, more flu vaccine will be available this fall. It&#39;s just a question of determining where it&#39;s needed most.
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Government health officials gave an upbeat flu report yesterday, telling Congress that early signs point to a light flu season and that 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine may soon be available.
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US Health and Human Services Secretary, Tommy Thompson, says the flu vaccine shortage is not a health crisis. At a press conference in Florida Monday, Thompson told seniors to stop waiting in long lines to get a shot.