2004-2005 Flu News Archive
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Feb. 15, 2005 - CDC:
A Statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and
the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Feb. 10, 2005 - CDC:
Influenza Vaccine was used for Priority Groups
Jan. 24, 2005 - DOH:
Florida
Department of Health Lifts Restrictions on Flu Vaccines
Jan. 12, 2005 - DOH:
Florida
Department of Health Receives Additional Flu Vaccines --Anyone high risk
or living with someone high risk should be vaccinated--
Jan. 7, 2005 -
DOH:
Department of Health
Public Health Advisory
Jan. 7, 2005 - DOH:
Secretary
of Health Amends Flu Vaccine High Risk Categories
Jan. 7, 2005 - CMS:
Medicare Demonstration Project Pays for Flu Medicines
Jan. 3, 2005 - DOH:
Florida
Department of Health Receives Additional Flu Vaccines --Local providers
should contact their health department to order vaccine--
Dec. 28, 2004 - DOH:
Florida
Department of Health Receives Additional Flu Vaccines
Dec. 17, 2004 - DOH:
Department
of Health Amends Flu Vaccine High Risk Categories
Dec. 17, 2004 - CDC:
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Expands Priority
Groups for Inactivated Influenza Vaccination
Dec. 14, 2004 - CMS:
Clarifying
the procedures for assuring that Medicaid enrolled children who are
eligible for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program (i.e., children
younger than 19 years of age) receive their influenza shots
Dec. 10, 2004 - HHS:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Ad Council Launch Flu
Vaccine Campaign
Dec. 10, 2004 - DOH:
Department
of Health to Receive Additional Children's Flu Shots
Dec. 7, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Purchases 1.2 Million Doses of Flu Vaccine
Nov. 29, 2004 - DOH:
Department
of Health to Receive Additional Flu Shots
Nov. 24, 2004 - HHS:
More Than 17 Million Flu Vaccine Doses Shipped In Six Weeks
Nov. 9, 2004 - CDC:
CDC and States Announce Plan to Distribute 10.3 Million Flu Shots
Nationwide
Nov. 9, 2004 - CDC:
Telebriefing Transcript Update on Influenza Vaccine Situation
Nov. 9, 2004 - CDC:
Upcoming Event Influenza Update NetConference
Nov. 8, 2004 - DOH:
Department of Health to Receive Additional Flu Shots
Oct. 29, 2004 - DOH:
Department
of Health Public Health Advisory
Oct. 29, 2004 - DOH:
Department
of Health Receives Flu Shots
Oct. 29, 2004 - CDC:
Over 4.2 Million Influenza Vaccine Doses Shipped This Week to Health
Providers Serving High-Priority Groups
Oct. 28, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Identifies More Influenza Vaccine
Oct. 27, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Makes Price Gouging Brief in Florida Available to All States
Oct. 22, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Files Brief in Support of Florida Price Gouging Lawsuit
Oct. 22, 2004 - CDC:
More than 3 Million Influenza Vaccine Doses Shipped This Week to Health
Providers Serving High-Priority Groups
Oct. 21, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Announces Additional Million Doses of Flu Vaccine
Oct. 19, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Says Supply of Flu Vaccines, Medicines Will Help Keep People Safe
During Coming Flu Season
Oct. 19, 2004 - DOH:
Governor
Bush Issues Directives to Facilitate Flu Vaccine to High Risk
Individuals Throughout Florida
Oct. 15, 2004 - CDC:
CDC/Aventis Pasteur Collaborate To Ship More Than 2 Million Doses of
Influenza Vaccine to Providers Who Serve High-Priority Groups
Oct. 15, 2004 - FDA:
FDA Team Completes Inspection of Chiron's Liverpool Flu Vaccine Plant
Oct. 15, 2004 - DOH:
Department
of Health Distributes Children's Vaccine to County Health Departments,
Private Providers
Oct. 15, 2004 - DOH:
Statement from John
O. Agwunobi, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., on Attorney General Crist's Actions
Related to Influenza Vaccine
Oct. 15, 2004 - DOH:
Statement
from John O. Agwunobi, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., on Maxim Healthcare
Influenza Vaccination Efforts in Florida
Oct. 14, 2004 - HHS:
HHS Secretary Urges States to Aggressively Prosecute Flu Vaccine Price
Gouging
Oct. 13, 2004 - FDA:
FDA and U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Working Cooperatively to Address Flu Vaccine Quality at Chiron's U.K.
Facility
Oct. 12, 2004 - CDC:
CDC, Aventis Pasteur Announce Allocation Plan to Address Influenza
Vaccine Shortages
Oct. 12, 2004 - CDC:
Influenza Vaccine Supply Update
Oct. 7, 2004 - DOH:
Department of Health Advises Influenza Vaccination for High Risk
Individuals, Health Care Workers
Oct. 7, 2004 - DOH:
Statement from Secretary of Health John O. Agwunobi, M.D.,
M.B.A., M.P.H., on Flu Vaccine
Oct. 5, 2004 - CDC:
Interim Influenza Vaccination Recommendations: 2004-05
Oct. 5, 2004 - HHS:
Interim Influenza Vaccination Recommendations: 2004-05
Oct. 5, 2004 - HHS:
Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding
Chiron Flu Vaccine
(CMS = (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
HHS = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
DOH = Florida Department of Health))