US begins rolling out swine flu vaccine.

The US said on Thu 1 Oct 2009 that it has begun implementing a massive campaign to vaccinate millions of Americans against swine flu, with the first 600,000 doses to be distributed in coming days. Anne Schuchat, deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said 25 areas across the country placed their initial vaccine orders on 30 Sep 2009 and will receive them 6 Oct 2009. The initial rollout, about two weeks earlier than expected, is welcome news to health experts who had expressed fears that the vaccine might arrive too late in the flu season to provide protection to the millions of …