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Swine flu declaration will speed work on vaccine

Jun. 11, 2009
But scientists have encountered problems along the way, so doses of an H1N1 vaccine will not be available before fall, experts say. One immediate effect of the declaration of an H1N1 flu pandemic will be to speed the production of a vaccine against the new virus, but it will be fall at the...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler