State&#39;s shipment of flu shots still falls short of need
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ALBANY, NY The state is getting hundreds of thousands of doses of flu vaccine, but the supply will still fall short of what New York needs.
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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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Standard flu shots are scarce these days, but finding vaccines that don&#39;t contain a controversial mercury-based ingredient are also in short supply.
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State officials now can track flu vaccine shipments on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention secure Web site. Health officials have been grappling with flu vaccine shortages in recent weeks.
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Many of the nation&#39;s remaining flu shots will be shipped directly to pediatricians, nursing homes, health departments and other places that care for high-risk patients, under
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SPRINGFIELD -- As the clock keeps ticking on the fate of thousands of flu vaccine doses the state ordered from companies overseas, Gov.
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The shortage of flu vaccine in the United States is &quot;not a health crisis,&quot; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, urging people to be patient as the government works to reallocate the nation&#39;s limited number of vaccines.
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With an impending shortage of influenza vaccine nationwide, Utah doctors say they can&#39;t afford to give into arm-twisting from patients who want flu shots but don&#39;t fall into high-risk categories.
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Kentucky Health Officials meet Friday morning to address the shortage of flu vaccines in Central Kentucky. Leaders of the Fayette County Health Department did an informal inventory of the number of flu shots still available and found 4,000 dose.
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Federal health officials are scrambling to handle an unexpected shortage of flu vaccine, but it is too early to know how the situation will affect local supplies.
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Federal health officials scrambled yesterday to secure more flu shots as lines of seniors and others most vulnerable to the illness grew at the few San Diego County retail sites offering the scarce vaccine.
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Two months ago throughout the United States, people waited in line for hours just to get a flu shot. Now that the supply of vaccine has broadened, it seems few people are still waiting, the Associated Press reported.
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PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
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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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It&#39;s the time of year when people start thinking about getting a flu shot. A manufacturing problem had delayed shipments intended to arrive over the summer.
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California health officials will distribute 315,600 flu shots next week, but health officials didn&#39;t know Wednesday how many of those will come to the High Desert.
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Health officials are urging the public to stay patient -- even as some states are reporting a shortage of flu shots for their high-risk populations.