US was mulling flu vaccine when Britain stepped in
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US regulators were trying to decide whether to allow the release of 48 million doses of Chiron Corp.&#39;s flu vaccine when British authorities stepped in to block the company from shipping the vaccine, FDA officials said on
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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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U.S. and British drug regulators met  Thursday to discuss the closing of a flu-vaccine plant in  northern England that has triggered an international vaccine  shortage -- but there was no immediate resolution of the  crisis.
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Contamination in a British factory that  supplies flu vaccine to the United States is expected to cause  some delays but no shortage of flu shots this year, federal  health officials said on Friday.
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The suspension of Chiron Corp.&#39;s license to manufacture vaccines in England - including an influenza vaccine that is a critical part of the United States&#39; protection against flu â-as been continued until early April, British health authorities said
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LONDON -- British health officials said yesterday 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 the United States.
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Congress started an investigation into whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration overlooked problems at a British plant that led to the withdrawal of half the country's flu vaccine supply.
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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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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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Prospects of losing half of the US flu vaccine came as a surprise to the US Food and Drug Administration last week, the Washington Post said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON - The government is purchasing additional doses of flu vaccine from a foreign manufacturer to help relieve the US shortage.
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In answer to this year&#39;s flu shot shortage, the Bush administration said yesterday that they intend to buy 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from a plant in Germany.
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Three US government bodies are investigating why the United States is lacking about half the flu vaccines it needs this winter. Congress, the Justice Department and the Securities
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday approved the importation of up to 4 million doses of influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline  , bringing the U.S. total to 65 million vaccines for this flu season.
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Despite the discovery of tainted vaccine at the British factory that makes half of America&#39;s flu shot supply, US health authorities said Friday they were confident there would be enough available for the coming influenza season.
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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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The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of blu flu.