Wednesday, April 29, 2009

No swine flu vaccine before Sept: US official

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A top US health official told lawmakers that there were "active efforts" to develop a vaccine against deadly swine flu but warned that it will not be ready before September.

"If everything went great, production could lead to availability as early as September," Anne Schuchat, acting deputy director for science and public health program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But "everything doesn't always go great," she warned the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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