U.S. Creates Ethics Panel on Priority for Flu Shots
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For the first time in its history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a permanent panel of ethicists on vaccine distribution.
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NEW YORK  - The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has released the 2007-2008 recommended immunization schedules for adults in the US, according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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In a hearing on the national flu vaccine shortage, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Thursday requested that FDA, HHS and flu vaccine manufacturer Chiron by Dec. 1 produce documents detailing
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For the first time in its history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a permanent panel of ethicists on vaccine distribution, to help navigate the life-and-death
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The National Institutes of Health moved toward new ethics rules for its researchers Tuesday, a step officials hope will end controversy over paid consulting arrangements between some of its doctors and major drug companies.
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U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they planned to steer scarce flu vaccine supplies to nursing homes, pediatricians and hospitals as the company that caused the disruptive shortage disclosed it was under ...
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State health officials will now be allocating flu vaccines as high-risk individuals seek out the remaining supply of shots, federal health officials said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK Senator Hillary Clinton says when it comes to the flu vaccine, the Bush administration has its priorities wrong. Clinton says about five-point-six (b) billion dollars is being spent to create an Anthrax
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Up to 132 million doses of influenza vaccine, a record, should be available in the United States for the flu season, health officials said on Wednesday as they encouraged Americans to get their shots.
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AUSTIN - The Department of State Health Services has expanded its priority list for flu shots recipients to include people over 50 and caregivers of those deemed high risk.
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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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The US health secretary asks local officials to investigate reports of companies raising prices to exploit a flu vaccine shortage.
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Five million additional does of flu  vaccine have been located in Germany and Canada and U.S.  regulators will try to import them for Americans if they meet  U.S. safety standards, Health and Human Services Secretary  Tommy Thompson said on Thursday.
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British authorities shut down one of two makers of the flu vaccine used in the U.S., prompting a call Tuesday for healthy Americans to delay or forgo getting a flu shot to give priority to people who are at ...
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LONDON - US health officials met with British regulators yesterday to discuss the suspension of flu vaccine production and planned to inspect the Liverpool factory to see whether any impounded vaccine could be salvaged.
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U.S. health officials, taking  another step to ease the season's flu shot shortage, approved  the importation of up to 4 million flu shot doses from Europe  on Tuesday for patients willing to sign a consent form.
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BOSTON - The state Department of Public Health issued an order yesterday limiting distribution of the scarce influenza vaccine to people considered &quot;high risk&quot; for the virus.