Medical Center

The trickle of H1N1 swine flu vaccine should become a steady flow in “a couple of weeks,” CDC Director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, said today. In late August, federal officials were confident that they’d have some 85 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine by Halloween. Today, with pumpkins already on front porches and only [...]

The New York Times is reporting today that US President Barack Obama has declared H1N1 influenza to be a national emergency. The White House said that Obama signed a proclamation last night allowing public health officials to bypass certain federal regulations. “Officials described the move as similar to a declaration ahead of a hurricane making [...]