China’s Sinovac gets world’s first swine flu vaccine production license

September 25th, 2009 US says first swine flu vaccine ready Oct. 6ATLANTA — U.S.

September 25th, 2009 US says first swine flu vaccine to arrive Oct. 5ATLANTA — The first swine flu vaccine should be in some doctors' offices as early as Oct.

September 23rd, 2009 BEIJING - In their bid to control the fast spreading swine flu epidemic, authorities in China have so far administered H1N1 vaccine shots to more than 39,000 people, an epidemic control expert said Wednesday. Liang Xiaofeng, director of the immunization centre under the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, said as of Tuesday only 14 people developed side effects after taking the vaccine shots.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A research team from The University of Texas, including an Indian origin scientist, has come closer to creating a vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by creating an antigen that induces protective antibodies capable of neutralizing genetically diverse HIV strains. "The complexity of HIV has for long thwarted development of an effective HIV vaccine.

September 21st, 2009 HONG KONG - The production of swine flu vaccines is on track to reach three billion inoculations within the next year, the head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, said Monday. About 25 companies worldwide are now producing vaccines against the H1N1 virus, Chan said on the opening day of the annual general meeting for WHO's western Pacific region in Hong Kong.

September 21st, 2009 US orders more lots more swine flu vaccineWASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have ordered more swine flu vaccine — bringing the nation's eventual total to 251 million doses.

September 17th, 2009 Australia to begin vaccinating against swine fluCANBERRA, Australia — Australia approved a vaccine against swine flu Friday and said it would start administering the medicine this month to its most at-risk citizens, including medical staff, pregnant women and the chronically ill. Australia's drug regulators on Friday approved CSL Ltd.'s vaccine for people above age 10, but the Therapeutic Drug Administration is awaiting the results of more clinical trials before approving it for younger children.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved a vaccine designed to protect against the swine flu and hopes to make it available within a month. The regulator approved the vaccine manufactured by four different drug companies and said the first batches of shots should be available in the US within the next four weeks.

September 13th, 2009 Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early OctoberWASHINGTON — The nation's first round of swine flu shots could begin sooner than expected, with some vaccine available as early as the first week of October, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday. Sebelius said she is confident the vaccine will be available early enough to beat the peak of the expected flu season this fall and that early doses are intended for health care workers and other high-priority groups.

September 10th, 2009 Who needs which flu vaccine?Who needs vaccine against regular winter flu, and who should be first in line for the swine flu shot? There's lots of overlap. Regular flu vaccine is available now, and people who need it most include: —Adults 50 and older.

September 9th, 2009 NIH expands swine flu shot tests to pregnant womenWASHINGTON — It's time to test the new swine flu vaccine in pregnant women. Studies of adults and children are going so well that the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday it is opening the research to 120 women in their second or third trimester of pregnancy.

September 7th, 2009 BEIJING - With the surfacing of 100 new H1N1 cases since Friday, Chinese health experts have warned that the total cases nationwide will soon double to 10,000, as the peak of the outbreak has begun. "The recent clusters of school outbreaks are just the start of the peak season, which will feature widespread infections.

September 6th, 2009 CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, tooWASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available. Dr. Thomas Frieden says health officials have "very high confidence" in the safety of the vaccine.

September 2nd, 2009 China set to approve 1-dose swine flu vaccinesBEIJING — China will soon approve domestically developed swine flu vaccines that manufacturers say can protect people against the virus with only one dose, an encouraging development for health officials racing to prepare for an expected spike in cases this winter. Many health authorities are assuming two doses of vaccine are necessary while they await the results of trials by drug makers around the world to determine the appropriate dosage.

August 30th, 2009 Flu season: How many shots?WASHINGTON — Doctors don't know yet if it will take one dose or two of vaccine to protect against the new swine flu. Add that to vaccine for the regular winter flu, and it could be a multishot season for a lot of people — or a multisquirt season, for those who choose the FluMist nasal-spray version.