USA approves swine flu vaccine...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday approved a swine flu vaccine keeping officials on track to begin a mass vaccination campaign by next month, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.

"I am pleased to report that today the Food and Drug Administration has approved applications for vaccine for the 2009 H1N1 virus for four of the (five) manufacturers of the US licensed seasonal influenza vaccine," Sebelius told US lawmakers.

The US government has purchased 195 million doses of swine flu vaccine and will make shots available free of charge starting next month, Sebelius said.

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Vaccination will be on a voluntary basis, with priority given to five groups deemed to be at particular risk from the novel swine flu virus. Full story...

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