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Monday, Nov 2 2009

California Shifts Strategy for Doling Out H1N1 Flu Vaccine

On Thursday, California officials indicated that they are now prioritizing county health departments' orders for the H1N1 influenza vaccine after bottlenecks in the manufacturing system caused shortages of the vaccine.Â Meanwhile, county public health officials and Mark Horton, the state public health officer, shared their thoughts on the vaccine distribution.

"State Adjusts System To Dole Out Swine Flu Vaccine to Counties" (Sulek, San Jose Mercury News, 10/29).
"County Health Directors and Vaccine Distribution" (Shafer, "California Report," KQED, 10/30).

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