Vaccine shortage prompts US to look abroad
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United States health officials, taking another step to ease the season&#39;s flu shot shortage, approved the importation of up to four million flu shot doses from Europe on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.
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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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SOMERS POINT | The nation&#39;s shortage of flu vaccine has led to massive lines of hopeful recipients waiting hours for the precious doses.
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With nearly half the nationâs supply of flu vaccine quarantined, where can Americans find the doses that are available? Health officials urge them not to even try unless they fall into one of the groups at risk of serious illness from flu.
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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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US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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Countries begin test programs--get ready for a facial scan the next time you take an overseas flight.
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Health officials say there is not enough flu vaccine for the area&#39;s high-risk population because of a nationwide shortage of vaccine.
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TORONTO - Health officials in at least two provinces are worried the increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall in Canada this winter.
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In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
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While patients are panicking over a shortage of flu vaccine in the United States, vaccination programs in Europe are progressing smoothly.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that if people in priority groups find out that their own doctors don&#39;t have vaccine, they should look for other sources in their communities.
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Only a few companies produce the vaccine known as the flu shot. When the UK announced that one company - accounting for half of the vaccines needed in the US - was having its license suspended due to contamination concerns - it created immediate concern.
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Two months after a flu vaccine shortage spread alarm across the country, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday the government ease restrictions
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The US shortage of flu vaccine has been so troublesome to health officials that the World Health Organization has called a summit to help prevent it from happening again.
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The flu vaccine is not the only vaccine that Americans could find in short supply due to a lack of enough manufacturing facilities licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Three US government bodies are investigating why the United States is lacking about half the flu vaccines it needs this winter. Congress, the Justice Department and the Securities