Influenza

States lifting flu vaccine restrictions

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 16th, 2005

States have begun dropping their restrictions on flu shots now that falling demand has led to surpluses, and some health officials want the federal government to take similar action.

The federal government in December eased its restrictions, imposed when production problems in October cut the flu vaccine supply in half, and allowed shots for adults age 50 and older.

Since then, at least 17 states have lifted all previous restrictions, according to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. The states previously had reserved the vaccine for older adults, infants and people with chronic medical conditions.

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2005-02-16)

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