Flu vaccine shortage triggers flurry of legislation
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New Jersey Health Commissioner Clifton Lacy now has legal control over the short supply of flu vaccine in New Jersey, thanks to an emergency bill pushed through the Legislature.
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Democrats have seized on the vaccine shortage to accuse the administration of being unable to protect Americans - from either illness or terrorism.
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The loss of one-half of the nation's expected flu vaccine inventory has sparked widespread public anxiety over where to find remaining vaccine and challenged health providers to get unshipped stocks to those who most need them.
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TORONTO - Health officials in at least two provinces are worried the increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall in Canada this winter.
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The fourth shortage of flu vaccine in five years shows the need for more manufacturers and new technology, according to the US National Institutes for Health and some members of Congress.
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As the vaccine shortage hits home and long lines queue around the supermarket, a handful of states and the nation&#39;s capital are threatening doctors and nurses with fines or even jail
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Prioritizing flu shots for those most in need is proving difficult as inventories of hospitals, nursing homes and individual physicians are surveyed in the Washington region.
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October 24, 2004 -- With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, John Kerry has gone into full dem agogue mode over every issue that crosses his path - and the sudden shortage of flu-vaccine shots is no exception.
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OLYMPIA -- With an acute shortage of flu vaccine this year, authorities are warning consumers to be on the alert for price-gouging or practitioners using old, diluted or counterfeit vaccine.
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The government is pressing to buy more flu vaccine despite a slow start to the flu season. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of
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President Bush didn't get one. Neither did most of his Cabinet. Same for Democrat John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The presidential candidates said they passed up a flu shot because of the vaccine shortage.
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A severe vaccine shortage has turned the flu shot into a hot item that&#39;s hard to find in Central New York. Public flu shot clinics are drawing larger than normal crowds even though the flu season hasn&#39;t started yet.
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TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey officials now have some muscle to control the flu vaccine shortage. Gov. James McGreevey has signed into law emergency legislation that would fine doctors $500 who inoculate low-risk people.
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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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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
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Emergency room doctors warned of a &quot;perfect storm&quot; in hospitals due to a flu vaccine crisis on Monday, and politicians watched anxious
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Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display for a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places. The scene was repeated across the country as the nation's suddenly limited supply of flu vaccine was drained.