Flu-vaccine restraint urged
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Hawaii health officials and local health care providers plan to meet today to discuss how to handle the flu vaccine shortage, as US officials scramble to combat the nationwide problem.
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The decision by British authorities to suspend the license of a major influenza vaccine manufacturer just before the vaccine was to be shipped shows a need for better communication, acting FDA chief Dr. Lester Crawford said on Monday.
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- There should be enough of the scarce flu vaccine for anyone in a high-risk group eventually, according to officials from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Americans are caught between worries over the safety of the flu vaccine and fears that they will not be able to get it when they need it, a health official told Congress on Tuesday.
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.
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ATLANTA -- A top US health official on Monday told senior citizens and other &quot;at-risk&quot; groups to relax about the flu vaccine shortage.
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With roughly 38,000 more doses of flu vaccine flowing into the state, officials are now pleading with those at risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu to get a shot.
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The flu vaccine shortage has set off a scramble to find ways to prevent any repetition of this year's calamity, which has restricted shots to those most at risk.
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The flu vaccine shortage might stretch into 2005 if one key US supplier cannot resume manufacturing in time. By Henry Barrios, The Bakersfield Californian via AP.
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Local public health officials are asking private clinics and doctors offices to postpone giving the flu vaccine until they have a better idea of how much will be available this flu season.
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People with conditions such as asthma, and those over 65, are urged to get a flu jab to avoid falling ill this winter.
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of
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A top federal health official, lamenting "a very fragile vaccine production system," urged healthy people Wednesday to defer getting their influenza shots so medication will be available for those most at risk.    "We really need a long-term solution so we don't end up in this year-to-year situation where we don't have a reliable supply," Dr...
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could
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Bee Staff Writer. With a key maker of flu vaccine forced to dump half the nation&#39;s supply Tuesday, the federal government is asking healthy adults to skip or delay their flu shot this year so people at greatest risk can be immunized.
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Drug companies will not be able to make enough vaccine to prevent the next global flu pandemic, which health officials fear may be triggered by a viral strain originating in birds, a senior World Health Organisation official said today.
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Federal health advisers recommended Tuesday that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure, despite evidence it wouldn't protect most people.