Thieves steal refrigerated truck carrying H1N1 from Milwaukee middle school swine flu clinicNovember 5th, 2009 Thieves steal truck with H1N1 vaccine in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE — Police and health officials say a refrigerated truck carrying H1N1 vaccine has been recovered after being stolen from outside a swine flu clinic in Milwaukee. Health operators officer Raquel Filmanowicz of the city's health department says the truck was taken from the Sarah Scott Middle School after a clinic there closed Thursday.
Obama adviser says US will soon have all the swine flu vaccine it needsNovember 1st, 2009 more images
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Govt says swine flu vaccine catching up to demand
WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week. Obama adviser David Axelrod says the manufacturers of the vaccine were wrong when they advised the administration earlier this year that they would have 40 million doses ready near the end of October.
Novartis to deliver 30 million doses of swine flu vaccine to USOctober 29th, 2009 more images
more imagesNovartis: US to get 30 mln doses swine flu vaccineLONDON — Swiss drug-maker Novartis AG says it will deliver about 30 million doses of swine flu vaccine to the United States by the end of November. The company says in a statement Thursday that it already has shipped more than 7.5 million doses of pandemic vaccine to America and is on target with commitments made to the U.S.
Government: 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine set for November, 150 million in DecemberOctober 21st, 2009 Swine flu vaccine goal 50 million doses next monthWASHINGTON — The government now hopes to have about 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine out by mid-November and 150 million in December. Doses have been arriving more slowly than had been hoped, but Dr.
Children under 10 likely to need 2 doses of swine flu vaccine, tests by Sanofi showOctober 14th, 2009 2 swine flu vaccine doses for kids under 10 likelyTest results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 are likely to need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday. Federal officials said the news is not surprising, since this age group needs two doses of regular seasonal flu vaccine the very first time they ever are given a flu vaccine for full immunity to develop.
Children under 10 may need 2 doses of swine flu vaccine, tests by Sanofi showOctober 14th, 2009 Kids under 10 may need 2 swine flu vaccine dosesTest results of its swine flu vaccine suggest that children under 10 may need two shots to be fully protected, vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur said Wednesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the news is not surprising, since this age group needs two doses of regular seasonal flu vaccine for full immunity to develop.
US says first swine flu vaccine ready Oct. 6September 25th, 2009 US says first swine flu vaccine ready Oct. 6ATLANTA — U.S.
US says first swine flu vaccine to arrive Oct. 5September 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.
At least 6 million swine flu vaccine doses arrive first week of October; far more coming soonSeptember 24th, 2009 HHS: Swine flu vaccine starts arriving in 2 weeksWASHINGTON — More swine flu vaccine will arrive the first week of October than officials previously thought — between 6 million and 7 million doses. That's roughly double earlier predictions, and most will be the nasal spray version called FluMist, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday.
US orders more doses of swine flu vaccine doses, bringing eventual total to 251 million dosesSeptember 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.
Sanofi-Aventis CEO says US deliveries of swine flu vaccine to begin in OctoberSeptember 21st, 2009 Sanofi to deliver swine flu vaccine in OctoberPARIS — Sanofi-Aventis SA will begin delivering the first doses of its new swine flu vaccine in the United States by mid-October, the head of France's largest pharmaceutical company said Monday. In an interview with French daily Le Figaro, Chris Viehbacher said Sanofi-Aventis will be able to produce at least 800 million doses of the vaccine per year.
First available doses of swine flu vaccine will be nasal spraySeptember 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The first vaccine doses for the H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, will be available in the form of a nasal spray, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. About 3.4 million doses of the nasal spray vaccine - which can be used only by those between the ages of 2 and 49 - will be ready for distribution to 90,000 providers by the first week of October, epidemiologist Jay Butler, chief of the CDC's 2009 H1N1 vaccine task force, said Friday.
Initial trickle of swine flu vaccine will be 3.4 million doses of nasal spray, CDC saysSeptember 18th, 2009 CDC: First swine flu vaccines will be nasal sprayATLANTA — Health officials say the first doses of swine flu vaccine will be the nasal spray version. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that about 3.4 million doses of nasal spray vaccine will be available the first week of October.
Calif. man accused of trying to trade his father's car for $50 worth of crackSeptember 16th, 2009 Man accused of trading dad's car for $50 in crackFRESNO, Calif. — Authorities arrested a man they said tried to trade his father's car for $50 worth of crack cocaine.
Flu season: How many shots?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.
