Experts: Price may block singles vaccine
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Cornelia Jefferson vividly recalls the excruciating pain that shingles caused her mother and brother. So when her doctor got a supply of the new shingles vaccine, the retiree jumped at the chance &#151; without knowing if her insurance would pay or she would be stuck with a bill for more than $150.
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A vaccine against virulent bacterial meningitis could save the lives of nearly 3,000 people over the next decade, at the cost of more than $1 million a life.
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The study is unlikely to end the increasingly charged debate about vaccine safety.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc's cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix faces a delay in winning approval in the United States, putting it further behind Merck & Co Inc's rival product Gardasil.
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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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With the nation facing a vaccine shortage, an uncertain allocation of prevention - who will get a shot and who will not - began in earnest.
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A vaccine that fights pneumonia and other diseases could save the lives of thousands of children each year in Latin America, but high costs have kept it from those who need it, a researcher told a congress of health professionals Thursday.
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In the face of heavy demand for flu shots, the province advised health care officials Friday to temporarily allow only those at high risk to have access to the public vaccine supply.
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NEW YORK  - During vaccine "scares," when  concerns arise that certain vaccines may cause health problems,  parents are quick to stop vaccinating their children, and slow  to begin re-vaccinating them once these fears begin to fade,  according to a new mathematical analysis released Monday.
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A Fort Lauderdale pharmaceutical wholesaler facing the nation&#39;s first price-gouging lawsuits related to the flu vaccine has a history of charging exorbitant prices for hard-to-find drugs, the
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The sudden shortage of flu vaccine has raised questions about how people can protect themselves during the coming flu season. USA Today reporter Anita Manning asked infectious disease experts for advice.
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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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A U.S. judge has granted a request from  Sanofi-Aventis and U.S. partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   to block the sale in the United States of a generic  form of its top selling blood-thinner Plavix, giving a boost to  shares in the French drugmaker on Friday.
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U.S. health officials urged states  on Thursday to investigate reports of price gouging by  companies distributing scarce supplies of influenza vaccine and  to prosecute offenders.
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GlaxoSmithKline's experimental vaccine  against a virus that causes cervical cancer could cut the  number of cases and deaths from the illness by up to 76  percent, the drug company said on Monday.
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Early signs suggest this year's record supply of flu vaccine could exceed demand, and the potential financial blow to the drug industry could diminish its interest in serving this market just as the U.S. government tries to prepare for a possible bird-flu pandemic.
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TORONTO - Governments that pay for children to be immunized against chicken pox may be saving themselves millions in the long run, a new study suggests.