U.S. health officials: "Plenty of vaccine down the pipeline"
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
BY PATRICIA ANSTETT
FREE PRESS MEDICAL WRITER
There's no need to panic about flu shots, two federal health officials reassured the public Tuesday. More vaccine is coming to ensure that most people at high-risk of getting the flu with get vaccinated, they said.
"This is not a crisis; this is a challenge," Dr. Cristina Beato, acting assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said. She spoke at a media briefing in Detroit, as part of a national tour to educate the public about this season's flu vaccine shortage.
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