Flu pandemic vaccine

Schools across the country are preparing to inoculate their students against the H1N1 virus. Joining The Takeaway for a look at the supply of and demands for the H1N1 vaccine is Dr. Maria Simbra, medical reporter for KDKA TV in Pittsburgh.

A Centers for Disease Control advisory panel recommended that pregnant women get top priority for the forthcoming H1N1 vaccine. The Takeaway turns to epidemiologist Richard Wenzel, Leila Laniado, a pregnant Atlanta resident, and OB/GYN Laura Riley.

The U.S. government is seeking thousands of volunteers for the first clinical trials of an H1N1 flu vaccine. The Takeaway talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which will oversee the trials.

Swine flu is continuing it’s spread around the globe, and there’s one word on everyone’s lips: vaccine. Can researchers create a vaccine that will stop the virus with one quick jab of a needle? How quickly can a vaccine be created?

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Robert Dingwall, a sociologist at the University of Nottingham in England, about why Europe and the US seem to have different attitudes when it comes to vaccinating against the H1N1 flu.