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| U.S. Announces 2.6M More Vaccine Doses |
| 2004-10-20 |
| Federal health officials said Tuesday that 2.6 million additional doses of flu vaccine will be available in January, far fewer than the 48 million lost to contamination at a British manufacturing plant. The shipment also arrives after the date the government recommends for vulnerable Americans to have had their shots. ... People should be vaccinated in October or November, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... [Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services] said there was enough antiviral medicine available to treat 40 million people — shortening illness in people sick with the flu and preventing illness in healthy people. Between vaccines and antiviral drugs, enough medicine will be available to treat 100 million people this flu season, he said. more details on suppliers for additional vaccine |
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