With Few Suppliers of Flu Shots, Shortage Was Long in Making
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Health experts had warned that the nation's system for vaccine supply and distribution was growing increasingly fragile.
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Health officials say there is not enough flu vaccine for the area&#39;s high-risk population because of a nationwide shortage of vaccine.
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The United States is facing a major shortage of flu vaccines after one of the world&#39;s leading suppliers said it would not provide any this season.
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Another 66,000 flu shots are on their way to Colorado to ease the pressure from a nationwide shortage, but officials have not said who will get them.
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This year&#39;s flu season appears to be starting slowly, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite a shortage of flu vaccines in the United States.
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Only a few companies produce the vaccine known as the flu shot. When the UK announced that one company - accounting for half of the vaccines needed in the US - was having its license suspended due to contamination concerns - it created immediate concern.
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Prioritizing flu shots for those most in need is proving difficult as inventories of hospitals, nursing homes and individual physicians are surveyed in the Washington region.
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With flu shots in short supply in the U.S. this year, places that are able to offer them have been mobbed by vaccine seekers.
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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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Long lines have formed at flu clinics in retail stores, and others are being canceled for lack of vaccine. The unexpected vaccine shortage has raised many questions about how people can best protect themselves.
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With the nation facing a vaccine shortage, an uncertain allocation of prevention - who will get a shot and who will not - began in earnest.
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The flu vaccine shortage might stretch into 2005 if one key US supplier cannot resume manufacturing in time. By Henry Barrios, The Bakersfield Californian via AP.
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This year&#39;s unexpected shortage of flu vaccine was a result of vaccine doses becoming contaminated during production. On October 5th, Chiron Corporation, a California-based biotechnology
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Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display for a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places. The scene was repeated across the country as the nation's suddenly limited supply of flu vaccine was drained.
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The shortage of flu vaccines this season should serve as a wake-up call about the serious challenges facing the vaccine business and the resulting threat to public health.
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Finding FluMist may not be easy in coming weeks, despite the fact that MedImmune had produced 2 million additional doses in the light of the vaccine shortage.-washingtonpost.com
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All Things Considered, October 5, 2004 Â· The closure of a major flu vaccine manufacturer will cause major shortages during the upcoming flu season, say health officials.