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March 17, 2010
Swine flu vaccination in India likely from Feb 19

After months, India is likely to start swine flu vaccination and tens of thousands of medical practitioners will get 1st doses of the imported vaccine.
Swine flu vaccine made by killing sharks

Reports indicate that vaccines being made to protect people from swine flu are developed by killing sharks, thus endangering the animals further.
Swine flu vaccine by March-April next year: Azad

The swine flu vaccine will be brought out by March or April next year after completion of animal and human trials, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said.
WHO to send swine flu vaccine to poor countries

World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said today.
GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada

GlaxoSmithKline has said it has advised medical staff in Canada to not use one batch of swine flu vaccines in case they trigger life-threatening allergies.
CDC says US making progress on swine flu vaccine

US health officials said on Friday they are making progress in improving the supply of H1N1 vaccine to state health departments and urged people frustrated by long lines and scarce supply not to give up.
Britain launches mass swine flu jab programme

Britain launched a mass vaccination programme to prevent the further spread of swine flu today, with officials urging health-care workers and at-risk patients to be first in line.
How can H1N1 vaccine be optimally distributed? - Mint

Flu vaccines should be first given to schoolchildren and their parents and not younger children or old people, according to new research that comes even as there is a shortage of H1N1, or swine flu, shots.
US to start testing swine flu vaccines in children

Data from tests on adults show it is safe to start trying out the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine in children, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
Swine flu vaccine to be ready in four months: Trivedi

The Centre today said an indigenously-developed swine flu vaccine would be ready in four months but should any other country develop one in the meantime, it would be imported.
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