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"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration put the states on notice Thursday: Swine flu vaccinations are likely to be ready this fall with the looming threat of the disease's resurgence, so figure out now how to deliver them.
"We want to make sure we are not promoting panic but we are promoting vigilance and preparation," President Barack Obama said in a phone call from Italy to the National Institutes of Health, where his Cabinet officials were leading a swine flu summit with 500 state and local officials.
No final decision has been made on vaccination, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the meeting.
But studies with experimental doses of the new swine flu vaccine are set to start in early August, to see if they're safe and seem to work. If all goes well, some vaccine could start to roll out in mid-October, she said.
Probably first in line for shots would be school-age children, young adults with risky conditions like asthma, pregnant women and health workers, she added.
"We need your help now to prepare" so those shots actually get to people's arms, Sebelius told state officials.
Only limited amounts of vaccine will be available at first, but she warned that even a modest vaccination campaign "will involve extraordinary efforts throughout this country."
Source: The Associated Press: Swine flu summit: Gov't checks on state readiness
"We want to make sure we are not promoting panic but we are promoting vigilance and preparation," President Barack Obama said in a phone call from Italy to the National Institutes of Health, where his Cabinet officials were leading a swine flu summit with 500 state and local officials.
No final decision has been made on vaccination, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the meeting.
But studies with experimental doses of the new swine flu vaccine are set to start in early August, to see if they're safe and seem to work. If all goes well, some vaccine could start to roll out in mid-October, she said.
Probably first in line for shots would be school-age children, young adults with risky conditions like asthma, pregnant women and health workers, she added.
"We need your help now to prepare" so those shots actually get to people's arms, Sebelius told state officials.
Only limited amounts of vaccine will be available at first, but she warned that even a modest vaccination campaign "will involve extraordinary efforts throughout this country."
Source: The Associated Press: Swine flu summit: Gov't checks on state readiness