Flu vaccine headed to Congress donated to hospitals
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said Capitol physician John Eisold decided to send 3,000 doses of the vaccine to the District of Columbia Hospital Association and the District of Columbia Department of
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Federal health officials could import up to 5.2 million additional flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany to help mitigate an unexpected national flu vaccine supply shortage if manufacturing facilities in those countries pass FDA inspections, HHS
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Veterans' hospitals,     pediatricians, nursing homes and the U.S. military head the  list of those getting flu vaccine first this year under a plan  to make up for the loss of half the country's supply, officials  said on Tuesday.
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Thousands more doses of the sought-after flu vaccine will be available at public clinics and senior centers throughout San Diego County, local health officials announced Wednesday.
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U.S. health officials worked to  redistribute flu vaccine to the neediest as worried Americans  took matters into their own hands, heading across borders to  Canada and Mexico to get shots on Friday.
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About 75 million doses of flu vaccine will be distributed by the end of October, a near-record amount that should prevent the shot rationing seen in previous flu seasons, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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The federal government is using money that was intended for vaccinating children to pay for experimental flu vaccines for adults, health officials said.
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HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson announced on Tuesday that FDA has authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline&#39;s flu vaccine Fluarix under an investigational new drug application, and HHS will purchase 1.2 million doses of the vaccine.
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About 11.6 million doses of flu vaccine remain to be distributed nationwide, and federal health officials said they are working with state public health officials to ensure that dwindling supplies reach people most in need.
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U.S. health officials agreed to buy  1.2 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline  on Tuesday and said another 2.8 million doses from the company  will be available later during the flu season.
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Flu vaccine is en route to local health departments and other providers, which will receive the shipments next week, the state Department of Health Services said Thursday.
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(Washington-AP, December 7, 2004, 9:42 am) The government plans to announce the purchase of more flu vaccine Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five million
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The Cobb County and Douglas County Public Health Department has received several thousand doses of influenza vaccine and will begin vaccinating individuals on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $41 million contract to Sanofi Aventis Inc. for flu vaccines. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson said part of the contract was to ensure there are
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Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed to donate 50 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization in an attempt to create a pandemic vaccine stockpile for poor countries, company officials announced Wednesday.
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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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U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they planned to steer scarce flu vaccine supplies to nursing homes, pediatricians and hospitals as the company that caused the disruptive shortage disclosed it was under ...