US rejects British flu vaccines as unsafe
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THE US has lost half its annual supply of flu vaccines after American regulators declared all doses made in a British plant to be unsafe.
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British authorities shut down one of two makers of the flu vaccine used in the U.S., prompting a call Tuesday for healthy Americans to delay or forgo getting a flu shot to give priority to people who are at ...
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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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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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US officials confirm a stock of flu vaccine from the UK - nearly half the US annual supply -  is unusable.
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None of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine  made at a British plant is safe, which means the U.S. flu  vaccine supply will be half of what was expected, U.S. health  officials said on Friday.
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LONDON -- Stunned US health officials met with British regulators yesterday to discuss the suspension of flu vaccine production that has slashed supplies across the United States and planned to inspect the British factory to see whether any impounded vaccine could be salvaged.
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The Food and Drug Administration again said the agency had no early indications that there were serious problems at a British vaccine company that was supposed to supply half of the  U.S. flu vaccine.
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US health officials Monday denied reports that they knew before last week that there were major production problems with a key American manufacturer&#39;s flu vaccine, which
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The US made a special exception on Tuesday to purchase as many as 4 million doses of flu vaccine not licensed for use in the US. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of GlaxoSmithKline influenza
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British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest England could disrupt influenza vaccine supplies to ...
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.
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A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, US health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu shot shortage.
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LONDON Shipments of flu shots by a major international vaccine supplier were blocked by British health authorities just ahead of the flu season, immediately raising worries about whether there will be enough vaccine this year.
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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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WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that flu vaccine manufactured in Britain by Chiron Corp. is not usable. The announcement ended hopes that at least some batches of the vaccine were salvageable.
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British and US regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool, England, as the health agencies for both countries sought on Saturday to clarify how the problems unfolded that likely have cut the United States&#39; flu