Article: FLU SHOTS NOT JUST FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

Article: United States buys flu shots not ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Dec. 8--WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration made a special exception Tuesday to buy up to 4 million doses of a flu vaccine produced in Germany that is not licensed in the U.S. Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said the Food and Drug Administration authorized the purchase

Article: Flu shots: don't line up just yet.(United ...
U.S. News & World Report;  October 9, 2000 ;     632 words ...The flu virus multiplies with unfortunate ease--unless, apparently, it's in a vaccine lab. Last week the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there aren't going to be enough flu vaccine shots, which are made from the virus, ready by early fall. That's when people usually

Article: STATE RESIDENTS SEARCHING FOR FLU SHOTS SOME ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  December 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... providers," she said Monday. The two makers of flu shots in the United States - Chiron and Aventis Pasteur - said Friday they ... up with questions asking, 'Where are we giving flu shots?' " She expected at least 200 immunizations would ...

Article: Makers run out of flu shots; Local hospitals say ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 6, 2003 ;     686 words ...The two makers of flu shots in the United States said Friday they have run out of vaccine and will not be able ... to identify sites where the flu vaccine may be available. Flu shots are also available from some private physician offices, clinics ...

Article: More flu shots from abroad highly unlikely, health ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 15, 2004 ;     516 words ... ... expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other ... licensed for sale in the United States, and thus meeting ... had made 48 million flu shots destined for the United States in an English factory ... U.S. supply of flu shots almost in half ...

Article: PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR / TAKING TIPS, CHASING LEADS, SOLVING ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Against Mercury, say mercury in flu shots has not been proved to be ... the body. About 80% of all flu shots distributed in the United States contain a mercury-based ... babies and children get two flu shots this season. A material safety ...

Article: Early glitch on flu shots; CDC says problems at ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... is about 40 percent of the 120 million total flu shots expected for the United States this year. "With regard to the upcoming influenza ... plant in Liverpool, England, which cost the United States 48 million of the 100 million doses it expected ...