Americans Head to Mexico for Scarce Flu Shot
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REYNOSA, Mexico  - Americans unable to find this  year's scarce flu vaccine at home are crossing the Rio Grande  to buy the shot in Mexican border towns, where pharmacies are  struggling to meet demand.
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Pointing to last year&#39;s early and unusually harsh influenza season, US health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.
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Description: Because of the shortage of flu vaccine in the United States, 260 people from northern New York crossed the border into Canadain and paid $25 each to get their shots at a private clinic.
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Health officials are scurrying to secure flu vaccines so the elderly, who are most vulnerable to influenza, have first access to shots after the nation's supply was cut in half.
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By plane and by car, US citizens arrive for the hottest commodity in Vancouver, BC&#39;s tourist trade: flu vaccine. VANCOUVER, BC -- When Dave Fish and Karen Fletcher drove more than 100 miles to get here Saturday
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MIAMI -- Hundreds of people lined up at South Florida stores and pharmacies to get flu shots Wednesday, only to learn that the vaccine is running out -- and not everyone who wants one is qualifying to get a shot.
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New Mexico and Illinois want to partner up and head over the border to snatch up more flu vaccines - the German border, that is. Gov.
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Fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don't get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they urged a special focus on babies, toddlers and the elderly when vaccinations start next month.
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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.
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WASHINGTON - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.    A record 100 million doses of flu vaccine will be available this year, the vast majority of it shipped to doctors' offices by the end of October, said Dr...
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Deployed military troops, emergency workers, pregnant women and children will be among the first to get scarce vaccinations if a pandemic strain of flu breaks out, U.S. officials said.
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With signs pointing to an early start of the influenza season, it&#39;s looking less likely the US will turn to a Canadian vaccine manufacturer to help ease the shortage south of the border.
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Americans are streaming into Canada -- in some cases by the boatload -- in search of flu vaccine.
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Facing a vaccine shortage at home, Americans living near the Canadian and Mexican borders are finding that the flu shots they need may be only a quick car or boat trip away.
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With flu shots in short supply in the U.S. this year, places that are able to offer them have been mobbed by vaccine seekers.
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Canadian clinics are offering weekend flu shot sessions for desperate Americans who are unable to find the vaccine in the USA. The vaccines are being sold at CAN$50 a shot.
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U.S. health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.