Healthcare workers should get swine flu vaccine first, WHO says

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

Doctors and nurses must be protected so they can treat others who become sick, the health group cautions. But a vaccine against the H1N1 bug may not be available for months. Doctors and nurses should be the first in line to receive a new vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza, but difficulties in growing the virus indicate that the first fully licensed vaccine may...

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