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No U.S. decision on H1N1 vaccine orders - official

2010-02-22T23:55:51Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has made no decision on whether to cancel or sell any of its orders for the H1N1 vaccine, unlike some European countries with a vast oversupply of shots, a federal health official said on Thursday.</p><p>Dr. Anne Schu...

Nasal swine flu vaccine recalled over potency

2010-02-23T12:28:28Z

<div><p>Drugmaker MedImmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time, federal health officials announced Tuesday.</p><p>The vaccine recall is the second this month caused by declining potency and comes as public health officials urge millions of Americans to get vaccinated against swine flu.</p&gt...

CDC: Swine flu vaccine safe; no big problems seen

2010-02-24T00:36:40Z

<div><p>There's no evidence that the swine flu vaccine is causing any serious side effects, U.S. health officials said Wednesday, in their first report on the safety of the new vaccine.</p><p>Since vaccinations began in early October, the government has been tracking the safety of the swine flu vaccine. By mid-November, about 22 million Americans had gotten the vaccine and there were about 3,200 reports of possible side effects, the vast ma...

Swine flu may be peaking in U.S.

2010-02-24T06:18:42Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.</p><p>But they stressed that influenza, especially a pandemic, could hit several peaks in a single season. They said weeks or months more of disease could be expected.</p>&am...

US sees fall in swine flu rate

2010-02-24T02:38:30Z

<div><p>US officials Friday said infections from A(H1N1) virus had slowed in the United States this week, raising hopes the early roll-out of vaccines may be bringing the disease under control.</p><p>"We are beginning to see some decline in influenza activity around the country, but there is still a lot of influenza everywhere," said Reuters) - Up to 30 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 flu have been delivered to the U.S. government and production is now picking up, officials said on Monday.</p><p>But they said more studies confirm that children under the age of 9 will need two doses to be fully protected.</p><p>And studies in pregnant women...

HHS' Sebelius: Ample flu vaccine will be available

2010-02-24T14:12:36Z

<div id="subtitle">HHS Sec'y Sebelius pledges there will be sufficient swine flu vaccine supplies for everyone</div><div><p>Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."</p><p>But at the same time, she acknowledged delays in getting a suf...

CDC concedes vaccine production behind schedule

2010-02-24T16:21:52Z

<div id="subtitle">Top CDC official concedes production of swine flu vaccine lagging, urges health precautions</div><div><p>A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its sprea...

Young hit hardest by swine flu: CDC

2010-02-24T16:37:30Z

<div><p>Swine flu is "a younger person's disease," with more than half of hospitalizations and nearly a quarter of deaths from H1N1 involving people under the age of 25, a top health official said Tuesday.</p><p>Fifty-three percent of nearly 4,900 laboratory-confirmed cases of swine flu between September 1 and October 10 involved patients under the age of 25, Anne Schuchat, an expert...

Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US

2010-02-24T19:27:14Z

<div><p>As the swine flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials note a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple of weeks.</p><p>Delays in producing the vaccine mean 28 million to 30 million doses, at most, will be divided around the country by the end of the month, not the 40 million-plus st...

Swine flu vaccines delayed as US deaths climb

2010-02-24T17:58:50Z

<div><p>US health officials warned Friday that deliveries of swine flu vaccine may be delayed as influenza deaths climbed above epidemic levels in most states, hitting children particularly hard.</p><p>Eleven more children were reported to have died of flu in a single week, with 10 of the pediatric deaths confirmed by laboratory tests as being from H1N1 flu, Anne Schuchat, a senior o...

Swine flu vaccine delivery delayed as US deaths climb

2010-02-24T17:58:53Z

<div><p>US health officials warned Friday that deliveries of swine flu vaccine are likely to be delayed even as influenza deaths climb, with children hit particularly hard.</p><p>Eleven more children were reported to have died of flu in a single week, 10 of them from swine flu, bringing the number of pediatric deaths from H1N1 flu since April to 86, Anne Schuchat, a senior official a...

H1N1 Flu Spreading Rapidly Through U.S.

2010-02-24T19:01:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Health officials fear shortage of ICU beds</div><div><p>The H1N1 flu is now widespread in 37 states, and health officials fear the nation may not have enough intensive care unit beds to accommodate those stricken by the most severe form of the disease.</p><p>Dr. Anne Schuchat, Director of the Reuters) - Most of the people who have died from the new pandemic H1N1 flu had underlying conditions such as asthma, but 45 percent seemed healthy, according to the largest study yet of U.S. cases.</p><p>Children with sickle cell and other blood diseases have a special risk from the swine flu, just as they do from seasonal influenza, U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the swine flu vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.</p><p>Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control an...

US rolls out massive swine flu vaccination campaign

2010-02-24T23:11:40Z

<div><p>US health authorities are hoping to contain what they say is an intensifying swine flu pandemic with a massive A(H1N1) vaccination campaign starting this week.</p><p>"We expect Friday in our weekly update of FluView that we will be reporting substantial flu illness in most of the country, significant flu activity in virtually all states," said Anne Schuchat, director of the <...

US rolls out first vaccine doses

2010-02-24T22:59:03Z

<div><p>US health authorities are hoping to contain what they say is an intensifying swine flu pandemic with a massive A(H1N1) vaccination campaign that begins this Tuesday.</p><p>"We expect Friday in our weekly update of FluView that we will be reporting substantial flu illness in most of the country, significant flu activity in virtually all states," said Anne Schuchat, director of...

US begins rolling out swine flu vaccine

2010-02-24T23:57:44Z

<div><p>The United States said Thursday it has begun implementing a massive campaign to vaccinate millions of Americans against swine flu, with the first 600,000 doses to be distributed in coming days.</p><p>Anne Schuchat, deputy director of the Reuters) - The very first doses of swine flu vaccine will start arriving in states and cities that ordered it on Tuesday, and might be sprayed up the first patients' noses by the end of the week, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.</p><p>Dr. Anne Schuchat of the