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Scary words. But White House officials were quick to assure that Obama's proclamation was more of a formality, and wasn't meant to indicate that the H1N1 virus had suddenly become more deadly or dangerous. Instead, by declaring a national emergency, the White House will allow hospitals and governments...
The best way to slow the growth of those numbers would be to rapidly manufacture and distribute the new H1N1 vaccine. But that's proven even more difficult than health officials anticipated when the virus first began spreading in the spring. Drug manufacturers have experienced setbacks growing the vaccine - instead...
At the same time, actually getting the vaccine to the people who most need it - pregnant women, kids between the ages of six months and 24 years, health workers - hasn't been easy either. Complaints of vaccine shortages have emerged around the country, and local public health departments say they...
UHS has ordered between 12,000 and 13,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, but the first shipment will be earmarked for groups designated high-risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—including pregnant women, medical services personnel, and caretakers...
UHS has a list of about 300 to 400 people at Harvard who qualify as high-risk and will receive the vaccine when it first arrives.