WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A shortage of seasonal flu vaccine has the potential to cause big problems for the United States' elderly population, caregivers say.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The swine flu virus is widespread in 46 U.S. states with not nearly enough vaccine available to treat the millions of people who need it, officials said.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should approve the new H1N1 vaccine without waiting for safety data from clinical trials, a federal panel said.
GURNEE, Ill., June 5 (UPI) -- A 74-year-old Gurnee, Ill., resident has become the fifth person to die of swine flu in Illinois, the Lake County Health Department said.
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Enough swine flu vaccine to immunize at least 20 million people in the United States should be ready by late summer, federal health officials said.
LONDON, May 15 (UPI) -- The British government has ordered 90 million doses of the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu virus, the World Health Organization said Friday.
ATLANTA, April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. and world health organizations are trying to gauge the severity of the swine flu outbreak to determine how quickly to produce vaccine, officials said.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 29 (UPI) -- Health authorities have not yet pinpointed the type of vaccine they want produced to combat the swine flu, the head of a major vaccine producer said.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Despite the flu vaccine shortage, members of the Chicago Bears got flu shots, much to the outrage of a top official of the Lake County Health Department.
