Courant.com


  Archives
  • Basic Search
  • Advanced Search
  • Saved Search
  • Page Prints
  • Login
  • Search Tips
  • FAQ
  • Pricing
  • My Account
  • Help
  • About the Archives
  • Terms of Service
  • Home
Document
Advanced Saved Page Prints Help
Buy Complete Document: AbstractAbstract Full Text Full Text Buy Page Print Page Print
FLU SHOT SHORTAGE STIRS CONCERN ; RESPONSES VARY AT FACILITIES IN STATE
[5 NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT/SPORTS FINAL Edition]
Hartford Courant - Hartford, Conn.
Author: GARRET CONDON; Courant Staff Writer
Date: Oct 7, 2004
Start Page: B.1
Section: CONNECTICUT
Text Word Count: 881
Abstract (Document Summary)

[Toni Fatone] said that most of the flu vaccine ordered by member institutions was to have come from Chiron Corp., which on Tuesday announced that its entire inventory of vaccine bound for the United States -- about 48 million doses -- had been frozen by British health officials. The California-based firm previously had reported that some of its vaccine had been contaminated, but company officials and Washington regulators expected that most of the vaccine would be shipped.

The prospects for this year's vaccine supply remained bleak on Wednesday. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said that vaccine maker Aventis Pasteur had located another 1 million doses of vaccine for the general public, bringing the number of available vaccine doses to 54.4 million.

Some hospitals, including Yale-New Haven, have received partial shipments from Aventis Pasteur and officials wonder whether they will receive the rest. Federal officials have asked Aventis to consider diverting some of its unshipped vaccines to areas where vaccine is scarce. On Wednesday, the vaccine maker said only that it would be "communicating with our customers as soon as possible about the status of their orders."

Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.
Buy Complete Document: AbstractAbstract Full Text Full Text Buy Page Print Page Print

Most Viewed Articles  (Updated Daily)
  •  It Happened In Connecticut
  •  John Saxon's The Brooklyn Italian Type
  •  2 Scientists Think 'Little' Ice Age Near
  •  Police Thwart Seabrook Protest
  •  POWER PLANT PLAN POSES QUESTIONS ; RESIDENTS NEAR SITE ARE CONCERNED