FDA approves vaccines for 2009 H1N1 influenza virus

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. The vaccines will be distributed nationally after the initial lots become available sometime within the next four weeks.

"Today's approval is good news for our nation's response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus," said Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret A. Hamburg, MD. "This vaccine will help protect individuals from serious illness and death from influenza."

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