Highest-Mortality Groups Last in Line for H1N1 Vaccine

September 18, 2009

Government officials expect that there will be enough swine flu vaccine to go around this fall, but if there were a shortage for any reason, it could trigger heated debate over who should get protection first. The CDC already has named the highest-priority groups for vaccination — but they’re not the groups that have suffered the highest rates of death from the disease. (Tech News World)