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Remaining flu shots directed to high-risk patients.
2004 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The federal government moved to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.
But only a fraction of the 22.4 million doses that maker Aventis Pasteur has yet to ship can be diverted to areas with the biggest shortages. And officials acknowledged that even if planned rationing goes well, there will be high-risk patients who struggle to get shots but can't find them.
"We're sorry for the people who need flu vaccine and may not be able to get it this year," said Julie Gerberding, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "But we will take every step that we can take to get an equitable distribution of vaccine as quickly as we can."
The targeted shipments come as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) struggles to ensure that the youngest, oldest and sickest Americans, those most vulnerable to influenza, have first access to flu shots now that the nation's supply has been cut in half.
U.S. officials are scrambling for ways to make up the shortage.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials turned to Canada's major influenza vaccine producer in an effort to acquire an estimated 1.5 million extra doses.
Dean Linden, spokesman for ID Biomedical of Vancouver, British Columbia, said negotiations were "an evolving story."
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Source: HighBeam Research, Remaining flu shots directed to high-risk patients.