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...catch up to the need. President Barack Obama's declaration of swine flu as a national emergency has only added to the clamor, inspiring folks who were on the fence to get vaccinated. "I wasn't really concerned until Obama made the announcement. It put me on alert and got the ball rolling," said Adia Armstrong, 28, who took her two young sons to the Encino clinic to get vaccinated. "Kids are dying and I need to protect my kids." (See TIME's guide on how not to get swine...
...finally got the shot. I was pulled into a shorter priority line for those who were pregnant or with severe health conditions and received one of only 60 doses of the thimerosal-free vaccine recommended for pregnant women. About half an hour after I got my shot, they ran out of this version of the vaccine. The whole process took almost two hours. (See what you need to know about the H1N1 vaccine...
...Macon County, Ill., the County Health Department has been forced to limit their first doses of the vaccine to health-care workers and emergency-services personnel and children ages 4 to 18. Out of the 70,000 doses the county requested, they only received 5,400. "Since we got such a short supply right now we wanted to give [the vaccine to] the group that has been most affected, and because this is a vaccine that can be used for children, we wanted to make sure and get the vaccine to the children while we could," says Brandi Binkley, director...
...with more soldiers heading to this part of Kenya every year, it remains to be seen whether the tourism industry and the wildlife will begin to suffer. When exercises are under way, the gunfire can be heard for miles. In 2006 British troops on patrol got lost and shot and killed a white rhinoceros that was threatening them. Landowners protested when the army used helicopters to clear firing ranges of elephants and other animals...
...Indeed, some locals are happy about the army's presence - and its influx of cash into local communities. "As far as I'm concerned, it's good for the economy. You've got 1,000 people here at any one time," says Jamie Roberts, who runs the air-charter company Tropic Air and works occasionally with the army. (Read "The Talk of Kenya: What Does Obama Have Against...