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Helen Branswell, ace medical reporter for the Canadian Press, brings us details on Canada’s purchase of 1.8 million doses of unadjuvanted vaccine, and the hopes of officials that pregnant women and children don’t wait for it to become available next month.
Canada buying H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant, hoping people don't wait for it
By Helen Branswell Medical Reporter (CP)
TORONTO — Canada is buying 1.8 million doses of H1N1 vaccine it hopes people won't want and won't wait for.
The Public Health Agency of Canada urged pregnant women who are 20 weeks or more into their pregnancy and parents of children under three on Wednesday to take or to give their kids a swine flu shot containing an adjuvant, an additive that boosts the body's response to the vaccine.
The agency has purchased 1.8 million doses of vaccine made without an adjuvant, but it won't be licensed until some time in early November. The main vaccination effort, involving vaccine containing an adjuvant, should start next week in many provinces and territories.
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