New Group Helps US Monitor Swine Flu Shot Safety

WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year’s unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects…

”Given the rapidity with which this particular vaccine was rolled out, there seems to be an extra-special obligation to make sure things remain as uncomplicated as they have in the past,” Dr. Marie McCormick of the Harvard School of Public Health, who chairs the working group, told the AP…

Read full story (Associated Press)