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CDC: Shortage of two vaccines is over.(Brief Article)
2002 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shortages of two childhood vaccines - one to protect against measles, mumps and rubella, and a second to fight diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough - are over in the U.S., the government has announced.
Both vaccines have been in short supply since 2000 because some drug companies had dropped out of the market and others had slowed production to upgrade their plants or fix manufacturing problems.
But supplies of the shots - commonly called the MMR and DTP vaccines - are now adequate, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Health officials had expected the shortages to be corrected this summer.
The CDC announced the end of the shortage in a bulletin to doctors July 11, 2002, urging them to resume the normal vaccine schedules for their patients.
But to prevent a run on the vaccines, the agency is not yet recommending that doctors urge parents to bring their children in to make up ...
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