Firms move to fill flu shot void
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When British authorities shut down Chiron Corp.&#39;s manufacturing facility last week, it reaffirmed Tony Holler&#39;s belief that there is room for another supplier of flu vaccine.
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With flu shots in short supply in the U.S. this year, places that are able to offer them have been mobbed by vaccine seekers.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 6, 2004 - One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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U.S. health officials turned to a back-up plan for flu season on Wednesday, working to redistribute doses of vaccine after losing half the anticipated supply.
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ATLANTA - 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 go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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A day after half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine was barred from the market, doctors, hospitals and senior citizens scrambled to track down scarce flu shots on Wednesday, but often were shut out.
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Concerned health officials began investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on more companies to get into the vaccine business.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...
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The effects of an unprecedented shortage of flu vaccine continued to ripple Wednesday, leaving the status of the area&#39;s scheduled flu shot clinics unknown.
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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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It&#39;s the time of year when people start thinking about getting a flu shot. A manufacturing problem had delayed shipments intended to arrive over the summer.
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A new production method can ensure an ample vaccine supply this flu season.
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A Maryland company is doing its best to lessen the severity of the flu vaccine shortage. Word that Maryland-based MedImmune would provide an additional one million doses to its previous production level
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While hospitals, clinics and nursing homes have been surveyed to determine the amount of flu vaccine they need, private doctors say they have felt ignored.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting some to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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Description: The US government is working to redirect remaining supplies of the flu vaccine as it tries to ensure it reaches people who need it most: children, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was cut in half Tuesday as Britain abruptly shut down a major supplier just as flu season is about to begin. Facing a record shortage, U.S. health officials scrambled to reserve remaining shots for the elderly and others at highest risk from influenza.