Vaccine shortage points to global risk, experts say
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The flu vaccine shortage shows how unprepared the world is for what could be a global flu epidemic percolating in Asia, experts said here Sunday.
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The world is unprepared for an inevitable flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people, but profit-driven pharmaceutical companies are putting too little
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TORONTO - In the wake of yet another avian influenza death in Thailand, the World Health Organization urged countries with flu vaccine production capacity and their manufacturers to speed up work on trial vaccines against the highly deadly H5N1 virus.
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The flu vaccine shortage the United States is experiencing demands that everyone remain calm and give those at highest risk of serious illness or death first chance in line.
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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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The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat.
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NEW YORK - For the second year in a row, the US may face a profound shortage of flu vaccine. As a result of manufacturing problems, the biotech company that makes half of the flu shots needed in the US said it could not deliver any vaccine at all.
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The shortage of flu vaccines this season should serve as a wake-up call about the serious challenges facing the vaccine business and the resulting threat to public health.
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Doctors warned that a decision to suspend the manufacturing license of a major flu vaccine supplier could lead to shortages of the vaccine in Britain.
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Medical experts have said the United States&#39; flu shot shortage could have been prevented, the New York Times reported Sunday. &quot;We&#39;re in the middle of a crisis that could have
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TORONTO (CP) - In the wake of yet another avian influenza death in Thailand, the World Health Organization urged countries with flu vaccine production capacity and their manufacturers to speed up work on trial vaccines against the highly deadly H5N1 virus
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The intense demand for flu vaccine, fueled partly by its scarcity, has many wondering how the richest nation in the world could be caught so unprepared.
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Saying the world is nowhere near ready to fight a global epidemic of influenza, a panel convened by the World Health Organization demanded yesterday that there be greater international cooperation and financing to develop a vaccine.
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More than half of the many Americans with a relative who is at high risk of danger from getting the flu say they're worried about the vaccine shortage, according to an Associated Press poll about the crisis that has health officials scrambling for solutions and politicians blaming each other.
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The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat
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The world is at an unprecedented time in the history of influenza with the threat posed by the current widespread outbreak of the H5N1 avian strain in Asia, a conference on global infectious diseases was told today.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO)  influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments  had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a  pandemic which could kill thousands of people.