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Ontario outlines vaccine restrictions

Ontario's health minister has urged people to stay away from immunization clinics in the province this week unless they are in the six priority groups of people who most need the swine flu vaccine. (Source: CBC | Health)
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Adviser: H1N1 vaccine catching up to demand

A senior adviser to President Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week. (Source: USATODAY.com Health)
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Gov’t: Swine Flu Vaccine Catching Up To Demand

A senior adviser to President Barack Obama says the government will catch up to the demand for swine flu vaccine within a week. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
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Govt Says Swine Flu Vaccine Catching up to Demand

Obama adviser says US will soon have all the swine flu vaccine it needs (Source: ABC News: Health)

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Experts Advise WHO On Pandemic Vaccine (H1N1) Policies And Strategies

The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, which advises WHO (World Health Organization) on policies and strategies for vaccines and immunization, devoted a session of its 27-29 October meeting to pandemic influenza vaccines. The experts reviewed the current epidemiological situation of the pandemic worldwide and considered issues and options from a public health perspective. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Should Kids Taking Immunosuppressant Medication Receive The H1N1 Vaccine?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have classified all children, 6-months to 24-years, one of the high risk groups for contracting the H1N1 (swine) flu, and recommend this population receive the H1N1 vaccine for immunity against the disease. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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Kuwait to begin swine flu vaccination programme

Kuwait's health ministry is to launch an H1N1 vaccination campaign today, making the vaccine available to those most at risk to the virus, in line with World Health Organization recommendations, Kuwait Times has reported. Last month is received 145,000 doses of the vaccine, and these will be distributed to public clinics and hospitals. Kuwait expects to get a second batch of 600,000 doses of the vaccine in late December, and a total of two million doses by February, the ministry said. (Source: Healthcare)

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N.S. family doctors lose supply of H1N1 vaccine

All public swine flu clinics have been cancelled in Nova Scotia for the weekend due to a vaccine shortage, and family doctors have also had their supply cut off. (Source: CBC | Health)
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U.S. sees 10 million more H1N1 vaccine doses next week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five drug companies are now increasing production of the vaccine for the H1N1 swine flu, and 10 million more doses are expected next week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Saturday. (Source: Reuters: Health)

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MHRA announce safety monitoring programme for swine flu vaccines

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