Health officials say US likely to get only half of flu vaccine
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Top federal health officials yesterday said the United States likely will have only half its expected supply of flu vaccine this year, and that most
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Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half get one, federal health officials warned as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.
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The shortage of flu vaccine has left older people and public health officials scrambling to find shots. But the limited supply could mean that more people at high risk will get the vaccine this year.
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Veterans' hospitals,     pediatricians, nursing homes and the U.S. military head the  list of those getting flu vaccine first this year under a plan  to make up for the loss of half the country's supply, officials  said on Tuesday.
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The staggering loss of half the nation&#39;s flu vaccine supply has turned medical advice on its head: Healthy Americans should skip flu shots, the government is urging, but only so the sick and elderly can get theirs.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 23, 2004 - Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half actually get one, federal health officials warned Thursday as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.
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US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.
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Unlike last year when health officials urged more people to get flu vaccines, authorities are asking the public to save the supplies for those most at risk after half of the nation&#39;s anticipated supply of vaccine became unavailable last week.
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While most of the country is in the midst of an influenza vaccine shortage, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued priorities for who should get immunized this flu
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US health officials received stunning news Tuesday. Half of the nation&#39;s ordered flu vaccine will not be received from the British company that produces it.
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Federal health officials said yesterday that 2.6million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January, far fewer than the 48 million lost to contamination at an American-owned manufacturing plant in Britain.
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Local health agencies, nursing homes, long-term care centers, hospitals and some pediatricians would receive half their unfilled orders of flu vaccine under an agreement between the federal
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Health officials yesterday said 22.4 million unshipped doses of flu vaccine will be made available to people who are most at risk of getting the virus.
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Shipment of nearly half of the vaccine needed to protect Americans from flu this season -- about 48 million doses -- has been blocked by health authorities in England where it was manufactured
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US health officials are talking with several flu vaccine producers worldwide in hopes of securing doses to protect millions left vulnerable when manufacturing
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Fewer than half of the Americans who most need a flu shot don't get one, officials warned as they urged a special focus on babies, toddlers and the elderly when vaccinations start next month.
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State officials are asking local health departments with flu vaccine to share 10 percent of it with other departments that have little or none because of the national shortage.