Penalty on flu vaccine maker cuts supply in half
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The kickoff to Milwaukee&#39;s annual flu shot campaign took a blow Tuesday as the manufacturer of half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine said it would not ship nearly 50 million doses.
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Rod Watson had to cancel 1,000 flu-shot clinics in four states when the national vaccine shortage cut off his supply two months ago.
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With influenza season just around the corner, the East Bay maker of half the nation&#39;s 100 million flu shots has temporarily halted distribution after tests found that up to 4 million doses of unreleased vaccine might have been tainted.
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U.S. health officials, stung by political attacks after losing 40 percent of the flu shot supply, got a small break on Tuesday as one vaccine supplier announced it had squeezed out an extra 2.6 million doses.
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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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This year's flu vaccine shortage could cost the nation up to &#36;20 billion in lost productivity &#151; almost twice as much as in a typical year &#151; depending on the severity of the outbreak, according to one estimate.
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FinancialWire) The British government delivered a major blow to the U.S. health prospects this winter when it shuttered Chiron's ( CHIR ) flu vaccine shipments, leaving a significant shortage that sent U.S. ...
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The British government, citing safety concerns, shuttered a drug plant yesterday that had been expected to produce nearly half of all US influenza shots this year, sending American health authorities scrambling to ensure that those in greatest danger from the flu -- the elderly and frail -- can get remaining vaccine supplies.
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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are urging doctors to restrict flu shots to those patients at highest risk from influenza, an appeal for voluntary rationing after the nation's vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, citing manufacturing problems at the Chiron Corp...
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Unlike last year when health officials urged more people to get flu vaccines, authorities are asking the public to save the supplies for those most at risk after half of the nation&#39;s anticipated supply of vaccine became unavailable last week.
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Chiron Corp., which makes nearly half the country&#39;s flu shots, announced Thursday some batches of the Fluvirin flu vaccine made in its England factory were found to be contaminated.
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THE US has lost half its annual supply of flu vaccines after American regulators declared all doses made in a British plant to be unsafe.
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The local medical community is in a quandary over how to handle demand for flu shots after British health officials pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine supply and suspended shipments of its product.
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WASHINGTON - 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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Baby boomers, wash your hands and cover your mouths. The country's supply of vaccine for influenza, or the flu, was cut in half last week when CHIRON, an English company that makes flu vaccine, had its ...
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The Florida Department of Health, which ordered 300,000 doses of flu vaccine from a company that can&#39;t deliver it, is likely to get about half that amount under a reallocation plan announced
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US health officials received stunning news Tuesday. Half of the nation&#39;s ordered flu vaccine will not be received from the British company that produces it.