Demand, Canada Supply Concern Cut US Flu Shot Trips
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A cruise operator ferrying US residents to Canada for flu shots said on Friday it has cut back on its popular service due to overwhelming demand and concerns about diminishing supplies north of the border.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration, seeking to ease a major shortage of flu shots, is in discussions with two companies that sell flu vaccine in Canada and elsewhere, and have found a few million unsold doses.
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The flu vaccine shortage has US companies bracing for a surge in costly sick days and lost productivity. The closure earlier this month of Chiron Corp.
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A cruise operator ferrying U.S.  residents to Canada for flu shots said on Friday it has cut  back on its popular service due to overwhelming demand and  concerns about diminishing supplies north of the border.
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With a shortage of flu vaccine across the country, Margaret Holmen and others from the Powers Lake Senior Citizens Center have been talking about going to Canada for their shots.
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based ID Biomedical has decided not to sell 1.2 million flu shots to the US after all - and will keep the vaccine in Canada, at the request of the federal government.
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TORONTO (CP) - Health officials in at least a couple of provinces are worried an increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall for high-risk individuals in Canada this winter.
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Facing a vaccine shortage at home,  Americans living near the Canadian and Mexican borders are  finding that the flu shots they need may be only a quick car or  boat trip away.
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SEATTLE Oct 28, 2004 - A ferry service that has been offering scenic cruises to Canada plus a flu shot ended the package deal Thursday.
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US health authorities seeking desperately to overcome a massive shortage of flu vaccine in that country are in discussions with Canada&#39;s major influenza vaccine producer, the company confirmed today.
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Canada may have more than 2 million doses of surplus flu vaccine to help the United States battle a serious shortage, health officials said Monday, although US officials have
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The US faces a flu vaccine shortage after British health authorities on Tuesday suspended the license of one of two key makers of influenza vaccine in the country.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.
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Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...
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Two months after a flu vaccine shortage spread alarm across the country, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday the government ease restrictions
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LONDON - Global and 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...
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A federal advisory board recommends easing restrictions on the nation&#39;s supply of the flu vaccine. That could make shots available to everyone 50 and older, but many in our region have yet to receive a flu shot.