Two die in China after H1N1 flu vaccine - Two people died after they were inoculated with the H1N1 flu vaccine in China, health authorities reported, amid wariness among the Chinese about the quality of the shot.
Deputies Hold Boy Who Fled Flu Shot - It took the strength of two sheriff's deputies to keep a middle schooler still enough to receive a shot of the swine flu, or H1N1, vaccine at a recent clinic.
Serbia Declares Swine Flu Epidemic - Serbian Health Minister Tomica Milosavljevic has announced a swine flu epidemic in the country, meaning that nation-wide emergency vaccination can be carried out.
Ukraine shuts schools - Ukraine closed schools and banned public meetings including election rallies and restricted travel on Friday for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 flu.
Further deaths linked to swine flu vaccine - Health investigators are under more pressure as two elderly women are reported to have died, days after receiving the swine flu vaccine. It brings the total number of deaths linked to the vaccine in Sweden to four.
Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency - Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
Swedish Radio: Suspected Fatality Due to Swine Flu Vaccine Being Investigated
Does the Vaccine Matter? - Drive too fast along Red Lion Road and you will miss the low-rise cement building where the biotech company MedImmune has been quietly pumping out swine flu vaccine
Mass. House approves bill allowing quarantines - Public health officials would have the power to isolate individuals and order quarantines to contain the outbreak of serious contagious diseases under a bill approved by the Massachusetts House on Thursday.
NHS staff shun vaccine - The Department of Health has ordered NHS bosses to ensure that frontline staff get immunised against swine flu amid growing signs that many doctors and nurses intend to shun the vaccine.
October 3: Brits to Protest Mandatory Vaccination - The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have taken over the control of the UK vaccination schedule and now have the power to bring in new vaccines without government approval even if they haven't been safety tested.
Former MP slams anti vaccine 'crackpots' - A former federal health minister has dismissed as "crackpots and conspiracy theorists" those who would actively discourage Australians from having their swine flu vaccine.
Mandatory Flu Shots Hit Resistance - "You start with health-care workers but then expand that umbrella to make it mandatory for everybody," "It's all part of an encroachment on our liberties."
Propaganda: ABC’s Dr. Oz Gets Vaccinated With Swine Flu Shot
Swine flu prompts changes to Mental Health Act - The government plans to rush through measures allowing people with suspected mental health issues to be quickly detained because of fears over staff shortages in any forthcoming swine flu outbreak, it has been revealed.
Health District suspends mercury limits for H1N1 shots - The move comes after Health Secretary Mary Selecky was informed that the initial batches of vaccines against the swine flu may not include enough doses that were specially packaged without thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative.
Can employers require flu shots? - With some hospitals requiring their workers to have seasonal flu shots and even more considering it, a big question looms: Can employers do that?
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China on First H1N1 Flu Vaccinations - China began a mass vaccination program on Monday, with around 100,000 students in Beijing due to be given the shots initially. State media said they are the first large group of people anywhere in the world to get vaccinated.
In drive-through, swine flu aid? - When the swine flu vaccine arrives next month, Sarasota County residents could have the option of getting a shot without having to get out of their cars.
Boston launches flu shot tracking - Each of them will get a bracelet printed with a unique identifier code. Information about the vaccine's recipients, and the shot, will be entered into handheld devices similar to those used by delivery truck drivers.
FDA Approves Vaccines for 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available, which is expected within the next four weeks.
China's mass swine flu vaccination - China is to become the first country in the world to start a mass swine flu vaccination programme for its population following a big surge in the number of cases.
Obama to spend another $2.7 bln to fight H1N1 - The Obama administration will spend an additional $2.7 billion to buy swine flu drugs and vaccines, just days after White House science advisers called the pandemic "a serious threat to our nation."
H1N1 State of Confusion - Millions of kids, young adults and teachers are returning to classrooms and dorm rooms this week – prime real estate for the spread of H1N1
H1N1 Vaccine Takes Off - Atlanta based AeroClinic announced it will start offering the H1N1 flu shot to travellers at a series of concourse based kiosks at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.
Swine flu vaccine plan in disarray - THE Federal Government's plan to immunise the population against swine flu is in chaos because insurers may not cover doctors who administer the jab.
Swine flu cases continue to fall - The number of people newly diagnosed with swine flu in England continues to fall, with an estimated 5,000 cases last week, figures reveal.
Pandemic flu event staged - Law enforcement joined with other emergency personnel, as well as local business and government leaders, for a Monday night exercise on how to react in case of a pandemic
MSNBC Pimp: Trust The Government And “Get Your Damn Vaccine”
Feds put focus on swine flu vaccines - Federal authorities plan to initiate a nationwide campaign in the coming weeks to persuade Americans to get the swine flu vaccine and to erase any public skepticism about the flu's danger and the safety of immunizations.
Infectious disease risk in swine flu jabs - LEADING infectious disease experts have called on the Federal Government to abandon its mass swine-flu vaccination plan because of fears the vaccine is a contamination risk that could spread blood-borne diseases.
Vaccines Are Producing The Pandemic, Not The Flu - With the overwhelming evidence now pointing to the laboratory manufacture of the H1N1 flu, it is now increasingly apparent that it is not the flu itself which will cause the pandemic, it's the vaccine.
Government 'ignored Tamiflu advice' - The government rejected advice from an independent panel which recommended that most people with swine flu symptoms take paracetamol rather than Tamiflu.
Washington Post: Swine Flu Vaccine Will Contain MercuryToxin linked to autism and neurological disorders to be included in shots