Flu Shots for Federal Workers, Military Diverted
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The federal government has diverted 300,000 doses of the flu vaccine originally meant for federal employees and the military to high-risk civilian groups, such as people older than 65 and
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Oct 28, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - The Department of Defense (DoD) has suspended its anthrax vaccination program in response to a federal court ruling that military personnel should not have to accept the shots against their will unless the president orders
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With the peak of the flu season approaching, many Americans who should have received vaccine shots have not yet been inoculated, federal officials reported today.
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SACRAMENTO The state&#39;s top health official has ordered doctors and health care workers to reserve flu shots for high-risk patients such as the elderly and young children.
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Some Nova Scotian&#39;s won&#39;t be getting their flu shots this year due to a shortage of vaccine. The Victorian Order of Nurses has been holding immunization clinics in workplaces around the province.
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Federal health officials could import up to 5.2 million additional flu vaccine doses from Canada and Germany to help mitigate an unexpected national flu vaccine supply shortage if manufacturing facilities in those countries pass FDA inspections, HHS
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U.S. health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the U.S. vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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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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About 22.4 million doses of Aventis Pasteur flu vaccine that have not been shipped to customers will be redirected to public health departments, nursing homes and veterans hospitals to serve those most at risk, health officials said Tuesday.
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A state agency issued an emergency order Thursday that threatens jail time and fines for health care providers caught giving flu shots to healthy, low-risk people.
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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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Contamination in a British factory that supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause some delays but no shortage of flu shots this year, federal health officials said on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, SC -- There is good news for people deemed high risk for the flu who missed their first chance at a flu vaccine. The Department of Health and Environmental Control said Friday afternoon that 190,000
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About 440,000 doses of flu vaccine will be shipped to Florida during the next week, with 160,000 going straight to physicians and the rest to health departments, state health officials said on Friday.
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Thousands of federal workers will be able to get free flu shots next week if they fall into a high-risk category, the Health and Human Services Department said Tuesday.
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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.