US supply of flu shots cut in half
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Millions of Americans who before Tuesday had no excuse to avoid getting a flu shot suddenly have a really good one. British regulators pulled the license for one of the two major producers
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HALIFAX - Clinics in two provinces have cut back on giving flu shots to everyone but high-risk patients because of fears of a vaccine shortage.
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Top federal health officials yesterday said the United States likely will have only half its expected supply of flu vaccine this year, and that most
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The closing of the Liverpool plant, announced last week, knocked out almost half the supply of US flu shots for this season and prompted US authorities to ask healthy people to forgo or delay inoculation.
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More flu vaccine, this time from Germany, will be available to help alleviate the US crunch, but that still will leave the country with just two-thirds of the roughly 100 million doses initially expected.
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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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Three US government bodies are investigating why the United States is lacking about half the flu vaccines it needs this winter. Congress, the Justice Department and the Securities
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Only about half of young children who are supposed to get annual flu shots have been doing so, a percentage that drops to less than a third when it comes to children with chronic medical conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
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Health officials are scurrying to secure flu vaccines so the elderly, who are most vulnerable to influenza, have first access to shots after the nation's supply was cut in half.
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The unexpected suspension of Chiron&#39;s production of flu vaccine created a sudden shortage of the supply available to Americans.
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Half of the nation&#39;s anticipated supply of flu vaccine disappeared without warning earlier this week after Chiron Corp., the world&#39;s second-largest producer of flu vaccine, announced it won
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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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Prospects of losing half of the US flu vaccine came as a surprise to the US Food and Drug Administration last week, the Washington Post said Tuesday.
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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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Fewer than half of Americans plan to get the flu vaccine this year, mostly because they do not worry about flu, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
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Britain has pulled license for Chiron, which was to provide half of U.S. stock of flu vaccine.
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(CBS/AP) Expect flu vaccine shortages again this year. Manufacturing problems mean half the US flu vaccine supply -- some 48 million doses -- won&#39;t arrive.