Federal Government Approves H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine

Earlier today, The U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved of new H1N1 vaccines that have been created to counteract swine flu, according to Newsday. The government's approval was a crucial step in the process of potentially implementing the largest immunization campaign in the history of the United States.

The U.S. FDA is licensing H1N1 vaccines through four separate manufacturers and they will initially be distributed for children, young adults, pregnant women and health care workers who have been affected by the swine flu virus The actual distribution of the H1N1 vaccines is slated to begin in the first week of October, according to Newsday.

The FDA's official approval was announced earlier today by secretary for Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, who mentioned that it will only take one does of the H1N1 vaccine for adults to be fully protected from the feared virus. This discovery disproves earlier rumors about multiple doses of the H1N1 vaccine being required in order to ensure that adults would be safeguarded.

H1N1 vaccines will be distributed directly to health department officials located in each state and it is being approximated that between 40 and 50 million doses of H1N1 vaccine will be available by the middle of October.