Flu vaccine should be saved for neediest
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This year&#39;s shortage of vaccine starkly highlights the need for new, faster ways to produce vaccines and for incentives that will encourage more production.
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Jack Bond's hospital pharmacy needed 2,800 flu shots, but his supplier couldn't provide them. Plenty of other distributors were ready to meet his needs, though &#151; for a price: as much as &#36;600 for a vial of 10 flu shots that normally costs around &#36;80.
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There should be plenty of flu vaccine to go around this year, unlike last year when supplies ran out. About 100 million doses of vaccine will be produced this year.
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Prioritizing flu shots for those most in need is proving difficult as inventories of hospitals, nursing homes and individual physicians are surveyed in the Washington region.
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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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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Monday there will be enough flu vaccine available for most people who need it and told seniors to stop standing in long lines to get a shot.
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Enough flu vaccine exists to protect most of those at the highest risk of developing serious complications, federal officials said during a stop in Detroit on Tuesday as
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The government is seriously considering making commitments to buy a certain number of flu shots each year to help bolster supply and avoid severe shortages like the one now, officials said Thursday.
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Citing &quot;an urgent need&quot; at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 30,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state&#39;s nursing home residents.
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Officials said that most healthy adults should delay or skip flu shots so that people most at risk can get scarce supplies.
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WASHINGTON -- This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to $20 billion in lost productivity -- almost twice as much as in a typical year -- depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate.
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Fewer than half the Americans who most need a flu shot actually get one, and only a fraction of babies and toddlers - among the most vulnerable to flu&#39;s complications - were fully vaccinated
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James Allen&#39;s doctor said years ago that he should get a flu shot every year, but that advice is easier said than done this season when flu vaccine is scarce, even for the elderly.
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Standard flu shots are scarce these days, but finding vaccines that don&#39;t contain a controversial mercury-based ingredient are also in short supply.
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WASHINGTON - Most healthy adults should delay or skip getting flu shots this year so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies, U.S. health officials said Tuesday as they scrambled to manage a surprise - and record - shortage...
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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.
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NEW YORK - If the United States wants to avoid future shortages of flu vaccine it must take steps to draw drug companies back into the business of making the inoculations, flu experts say. In a bad year, the stakes could be higher than just saving people from fever, headaches and a runny nose...