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Thursday, November 19, 2009 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke at a community health center in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Vanegas said that administrators had decided to make the 175 doses of the vaccine still on hand available...
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As a nationwide shortage of swine flu vaccine stretched into its sixth week, federal health officials defended how they handled the program, arguing that the roots of the shortage were beyond their control and that they had made the right decisions on...
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Serious adverse reactions and at least one death have been attributed to the H1N1 flu vaccine in Canada, the country's top doctor said. At an Ottawa news conference, Dr. David Butler-Jones , Canada's chief public health officer, said the death involved...
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The Serbian Health Insurance Fund has signed a contract to purchase swine flu vaccines from Swiss company Novartis, it has been announced. Serbia will buy three million anti-AH1N1 virus shots. Novartis is represented in Serbia by Jugohemija pharmaceutical...
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The research – requested by regulators and keenly awaited by governments tackling the current H1N1 “swine flu” pandemic – should ease international concern about the provision of both vaccines and help accelerate vaccination programmes. It comes at a...
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Only a small percentage of the available swine flu vaccine has been distributed to private companies, New York City health officials said Friday. Those companies getting the vaccine have included high-profile financial firms like Citigroup and Goldman...
Tags: swine flu, Goldman Sachs, flu vaccine, million doses, h1n1 vaccine, Dr. Anne Schuchat, Citigroup, CDC
With dad a world leader, Malia and Sasha Obama surely could've been first in line when swine flu vaccinations began...But that hasn't stopped complaints that President Barack Obama's daughters got preferential treatment by scoring hard-to-get vaccinations.
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With more than 23 million doses of swine flu vaccine now available, health officials are visiting vaccine plants to check for any more pending interruptions to what appears to be a slowly but steadily growing supply. About 9 million doses trickled onto...
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More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. "We're beginning to get to significant increases in the availability," said Dr. Thomas...
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Assurances on Swine Flu Vaccine Published: October 26, 2009 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promised that, despite delays, there would eventually be enough swine flu vaccine for all Americans. “The vaccine is coming out the door...
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