Officials gauge impact of flu-shot cutbacks
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Flu shots could be restricted to young children, senior citizens and others at high risk for influenza after the nation&#39;s vaccine supply was abruptly cut in half Tuesday.
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U.S. health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.
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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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U.S. health officials are talking  with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of  securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when  manufacturing problems cost the country half its supply.
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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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DENVER - While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options. The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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A FEDERAL ADVISORY panel late last week recommended an easing of government restrictions on the nation&#39;s flu shot supply. The panel now recommends the shot for everyone age 50 and older.
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On the cusp of flu season, federal health officials are attempting an unprecedented redirection and rationing of the flu vaccine -- after a British regulatory agency abruptly
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of flu vaccine.
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While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options.     The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...
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Worried that tens of thousands of doses may go to waste, a federal advisory panel wants the government to ease restrictions on the nation's supply of flu vaccine.
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Concerned health officials began  investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where  half the U.S. flu shots were made, while Americans jostled for  now-scarce immunizations on Friday.
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One flu shot maker will squeeze out an additional million doses this year, but it is unlikely that any more can be made, federal health officials said Wednesday.
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U.S. officials who just weeks ago  worried that the nation's flu shot supply would run short said  on Friday they are expanding the group of people who should get  the vaccine so that doses do not go to waste.
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The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs.
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A federal advisory panel in the US is worried that tens of thousands of flu shots will go to waste and is recommending the government ease restrictions on the current supply of flu vaccine.
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States have begun dropping their restrictions on flu shots now that falling demand has led to surpluses, and some health officials want the federal government to take similar action.