About a quarter of the swine flu vaccine produced for the U.S. public has expired - meaning that a whopping 40 million doses worth about $260 million is being written off as trash. "It's a lot, by ...

Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had expected about 40 million doses of the swine flu vaccine to be distributed by the end of the month, but it looks as though a ...

Polls indicate many Americans have concerns and questions about the swine flu vaccine. Government officials are urging people to get the swine flu vaccine, to protect themselves and help prevent ...

If the swine flu vaccine were a separate shot, people might need to get two shots of swine flu vaccine plus the regular flu vaccine -- a total of three shots.

Swine flu vaccines protect against the H1N1 virus, a type of influenza. There were two major vaccine rollouts for swine flu in 1976 and 2009. The 1976 vaccine was in response to a sudden emergence ...

Sept. 19 -- FRIDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The first doses of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine will start shipping the first week in October, slightly earlier than expected, U.S. health officials ...

It's true that in 1976, adults in New Jersey who received a different swine flu vaccine were found to have an elevated risk of GBS – about 10 extra cases per million people vaccinated.

But the 2010-2011 seasonal flu vaccine will protect against the 2009 H1N1 swine flu. Don't wait for this vaccine if you are at high risk of serious flu. The 2009 H1N1 virus is still circulating.

June 13 -- FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- European drug maker Novartis AG announced Friday that it has successfully produced the first batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine, weeks earlier than had ...

Triple-reassortant swine influenza A (H1) viruses — containing genes from avian, human, and swine influenza viruses — emerged and became enzootic among pig herds in North America during the ...

Triple-reassortant swine influenza viruses, which contain genes from human, swine, and avian influenza A viruses, have been identified in swine in the United States since 1998, 1,2 and 12 cases of ...

Pandemic swine flu vaccine is already rolling off the production lines of the five different vaccine makers supplying the U.S: 46% will come from Novartis, 26% will come from Sanofi Pasteur, 19% ...