VOA News : declared in US to Run Out of Vaccine for Yellow Fever by Mid-2017

U.S. health officials say the United States will run out of the vaccine for yellow fever as early as next month, and travelers who need a shot might have to wait. Officials say a manufacturing problem has created a shortage of the only version of the vaccine licensed in the United States. The disease was eradicated in the United States more than 100 years ago, and the vaccine is not a part of routine inoculations. Officials say there has recently been a global shortage of the vaccine. Yellow fever can cause jaundice, abdominal pain, vomiting, internal bleeding and organ failure.

US-Licensed Yellow Fever Vaccine Supply to be Depleted by Mid-2017

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines a plan to ensure a continuous yellow fever vaccine supply in the United States following the anticipated depletion of the U.S.-licensed YF-VAX® yellow fever vaccine in mid-2017, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published April 28, 2017. In 2016, a manufacturing issue at Sanofi Pasteur limited the production of YF-VAX, and no yellow fever vaccine is expected to be available by mid-2017. YF-VAX is the only yellow fever vaccine licensed for use in the United States and is distributed to approximately 4,000 clinic sites. Because yellow fever is a potentially serious disease, CDC and Sanofi Pasteur collaborated on a plan to distribute limited quantities of Stamaril yellow fever vaccine to prevent people from becoming infected by the virus until production of YF-VAX resumes at a new facility in 2018. To ensure broad accessibility to limited quantities of the Stamaril vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur and CDC targeted clinic sites that administered a high volume of yellow fever vaccine to international travelers in 2016 or can provide coverage to an area of geographic need.


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