Flu Vaccines Delayed A Month
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(CBS) Flu season is right around the corner, and that means it&#39;s almost time to get those flu shots. With last year&#39;s vaccine shortage and the threat of another shortage this year, The Early Show medical correspondent
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Chiron (CHIR:Nasdaq - news - research) said Thursday that it had found some problems with the production of its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, which will cause a delay in the product&#39;s reaching the market until early October.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are considering easing the restrictions.
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RICHMOND, Va. State health officials are urging healthy Virginians to skip or delay getting flu shots this fall to save the scarce vaccine for people who are at high risk of experiencing serious complications if they catch the disease.
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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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With federal public health officials scrounging for more influenza vaccine, a drug company announced Tuesday that it would supply an additional 2.6 million flu shots - though the doses will not be available until January.
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Chiron Corp. is delaying shipment of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, because lots containing 4 million vaccines, do not meet product sterility standards, the biopharmaceutical company said on Thursday .
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Local public health officials are asking private clinics and doctors offices to postpone giving the flu vaccine until they have a better idea of how much will be available this flu season.
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The elderly and those with chronic conditions may be put at risk because of delays in delivering flu jabs, GPs say.
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US officials say manufacturer Aventis Pasteur can produce another 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine, but the shipment won&#39;t arrive in America until January.
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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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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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US public health officials warn that there will be a dearth of influenza vaccine on the brink of the winter flu season, after a major producer was suspended from making the jab on Tuesday.
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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 Thursday.
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October means Flu season is coming. But unfortunately for a lot of people, Flu vaccines are not. There&#39;s basically a 50-50 chance that your doctor won&#39;t have the vaccine.
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Demand for flu shots has cooled in some states, prompting at least four of them in recent weeks to ease restrictions on who gets a shot so vaccine isn&#39;t wasted amid a national shortage.
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The shortage of flu vaccine this fall poses serious challenges for employers concerned about productivity, and for low-wage workers who don't have paid sick leave and can't afford to miss a day.