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U.S. Won't Donate H1N1 Vaccine To Developing Countries Until 'At-Risk' Americans Receive Vaccine
The U.S. will hold off on donating H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine stockpiles to developing countries until "at-risk Americans" receive the vaccine, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reports. Last month, the U.S. pledged to donate H1N1 vaccine stockpiles to developing countries. However, manufacturing delays of the H1N1 vaccine have driven the supply to "about 10 million doses short of the 40 million doses they had expected to have by the end of this month," the news service writes.
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