Tainted flu vaccine discovered
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The nation&#39;s supply of vaccine for the impending flu season took a big hit Thursday when Chiron Corp. announced it had found tainted doses in its factory.
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Scientists in China say they have discovered a highly virulent strain of bird flu virus in pigs. An official at the China National Avian Flu Reference Laboratory said the H5N1 virus strain had been found in pigs at several farms in the country.
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A registered and licensed nurse who gave more than 100 people at Whatcom County grocery stores questionable flu shots was found by police Thursday afternoon.
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Health officials predict a severe flu vaccine shortage after an Emeryville company announced Tuesday that it had halted shipment of 48 million doses because of fear of contamination.
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SAN DIEGO -- US health officials announced Tuesday they have tracked down more than a million new doses of the flu vaccine and some are expected to reach San Diego.
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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while
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Washington - The reddish bacterium to blame for this year&#39;s shortage of flu vaccine has a colorful history. Until the 1960s, Serratia marcescens was considered harmless - so safe, in fact, that the military
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AURORA, Colo. -- Police in Aurora are investigating the theft of $6,000 worth of flu vaccine from a pediatric clinic. The vaccine, which arrived on Friday, disappeared from a medical office in the 1400 block
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American drug inspectors found contamination and other problems in 2003 at a British plant that manufactures the flu vaccine that were similar to conditions that resulted
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Chiron Corp. was wrestling with bacterial contamination of flu vaccine at its Liverpool plant as early as March, and its finished vials began failing sterility tests nearly two months before the company warned
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WASHINGTON Dec 10, 2004 - A European-produced flu vaccine widely used in other countries will be tested at four locations in the United States, the government announced.
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A strain of avian influenza among pigs was found at several farms, a discovery that could move the virus a step closer to becoming a deadly problem for people.
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The announcement came last week: Flu vaccine shortage. Chiron Corporationâs flu vaccine facility in Liverpool, England, had its license suspended for three months by British health regulators because of contamination problems.
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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 yesterday they do not expect a flu-shot shortage.
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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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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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Brace yourself for delays and potentially long lines to get a flu shot in Arizona this year. One of the nation&#39;s two largest flu manufacturers is delaying shipments after finding tainted doses of its vaccine.