Vaccine shortage fuels exploitation
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The audacious wholesale flu vaccine prices of recent days can be blamed on three factors, experts say -- shortages, intense demand by a jittery public and some drug wholesalers eager to exploit the situation.
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A new production method can ensure an ample vaccine supply this flu season.
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The shortage of flu vaccine has become a major social issue in the United States, with thousands of elderly peopleâthose most at risk of life-threatening complications from influenzaâlining
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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.
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A flu vaccination shortage that  caused lines of anxious elderly people outside drug stores and  clinics across America prompted a fierce pre-election exchange  of accusations between Democrats and Republicans on Monday.
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This season's flu-shot shortage is enticing companies to enter a market that others have largely abandoned because of poor profits.
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The intense demand for flu vaccine, fueled partly by its scarcity, has many wondering how the richest nation in the world could be caught so unprepared.
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The flu shot shortage offers some food for thought for investors.
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With thousands of Americans going to great lengths to get vaccinated, enterprising businesses have created a kind of flu-shot tourism niche.
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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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The nation's shortage of flu vaccine  has turned into a surplus, with nearly 5 million doses languishing in the federal government's hastily purchased stockpile, officials said Friday.-The Washington Post
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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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Caught off-guard by a last-minute flu vaccine shortage, hospitals and health officials are grappling with a side-effect perhaps more virulent than the bug itself: price gouging.
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With flu vaccine shortages, some companies administering the vaccine are selling it at exorbitant prices. Two such cases from Grant and Pierce counties have been filed with the Washington State Attorney General&#39;s office.
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Michigan health officials have made it a crime this flu season to vaccinate anyone not considered at &quot;high risk&quot; due to the supply shortage of flu shots.
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SAN FRANCISCO: The crisis in the flu vaccine supply in the US has led to renewed calls to modernise a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.
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The sudden, major flu vaccine shortage that shocked health authorities last week highlights two vulnerabilities in the nation&#39;s immunization system: a reliance on a few private manufacturers that use old technology, and government&#39;s faith that companies