News & Perspective

Dec 20, 2004

Dec 20, 2004

Survey: a third of people think flu vaccine causes flu

Dec 20, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – In one of several reports on influenza vaccine last week, federal health officials reported that about a third of people who responded to a survey last winter thought that the vaccine caused flu.

Dec 17, 2004

Dec 17, 2004

CDC loosens restrictions on flu vaccine

Dec 17, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – To keep influenza vaccine from going to waste, the government announced today that more people will be eligible to receive flu shots starting Jan 3 where supplies are adequate.
Dec 17, 2004

Congress provides $99 million to aid flu vaccine production

Robert Roos
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Dec 17, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – Pushed by this year's influenza vaccine crisis, Congress recently approved $99 million to improve the nation's capacity to produce influenza vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Dec 16, 2004

Dec 16, 2004

FLU SERIES Scrambling for vaccine: Vaccine-rich states channel doses elsewhere

Amy L. Becker
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Dec 16, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – When doctors in Maryland needed influenza vaccine for high-risk patients recently, they didn't send a request to a private distributor. They turned to Minnesota instead.
Dec 16, 2004

Flu vaccine supply looks better, CDC says

Robert Roos
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Dec 16, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – Federal health officials painted a rosy picture of the influenza vaccine supply today, saying most states have enough vaccine and the nation as a whole seems to have enough to meet the demand from groups who need the shots the most.

Dec 14, 2004

Dec 14, 2004

Shortage spurs trial of GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine

Robert Roos
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Dec 14, 2004

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Dec 09, 2004

Dec 09, 2004

CDC OKs exceptions to flu-shot guidelines

Dec 09, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – If states have extra influenza vaccine left in the private sector after the demand from high-priority groups has been met, people in lower-priority groups should be allowed to get flu shots, federal health officials said yesterday.
Dec 09, 2004

Flu vaccine shortage spurs freelance shots, profiteering

Amy L. Becker
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Dec 09, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – Freelance vaccinations and offers of bootleg vaccine are two unusual side effects of the US influenza vaccine shortage.

Dec 07, 2004

Dec 07, 2004

HHS buys 1.2 million flu vaccine doses from abroad

Robert Roos
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Dec 07, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – The federal government is buying 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine made in Germany to augment the strained US supply, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.

Nov 17, 2004

Nov 17, 2004

Clinical trials of human H5N1 flu vaccine to start soon

Robert Roos
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Nov 17, 2004

(CIDRAP News) – Clinical trials of a vaccine designed to keep the H5N1 avian influenza virus from sparking a human flu pandemic will begin early in 2005, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said this week.

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