a real vaccine for aids? >> possibly. it's a new strategy of using two different vaccines together that separately did not look so promising. and i think this new strategy means there's hope for using this in other populations besides thailand where they did the study. >> right. and of course, as you say, thailand was chosen as the site of the trial. but is there anything that we can extrapolate from these trials for the rest of the world and how the vaccine might behave, say, for instance, in africa or other regions of the world? >> i wouldn't expect this particular experimental vaccine to work in other parts of the world because they designed the vaccine to reflect the type of virus strains that you would find in thailand. but you can use this same strategy in another part of the world. you'd have to rebuild the vaccine out of pieces that reflect the virus in other parts of the world. >> is this going to change risky behavior? >> well, that's a very good question. i think that a concern would be that it wou

let's get seasonal vaccine. let's get the h1n1 vaccine when it becomes available. in the meantime, wash hands. if we're sick, we should stay home so we don't give it to other people, and try to avoid people who are coughing and sneezing. >> right. and, you know, covering up i guess with a tissue or coughing into your arm, that whole thing we are getting used to doing that. doctor, we have a lot of questions coming your way, too. those sort of things kind of struck my interest, those comments coming from a lot of folks who have been reaching out to us via blog. so josh levs have been fielding through a lot more questions people have for you. josh, what is some of what we're hearing? >> i'm following these questions as they come in. doctor, what i'm going to do is fire as many as i can at you because we definitely want to get responses. we'll start off with this, is it true if you take a lot of vitamin d, i think we can show this question, that can help fight swine flu. is that accurate? >> we want to keep ourselves in good shape, but no specific vitamin will avoid s

vaccine.urrent studies are ongoing in pregnant women and we hope to have preliminary data within a few weeks. in addition, we are open to conduct trials in individuals who might have a particular difficulty with the h1n1 virus such as asthmatics and individuals with hiv infection. in summary, the nih research effort in the development and testing of the 2009 h1n1 vaccine is an important part of the collaborative effort among the sister agencies of the department of health and human services and we look forward to continuing this effort as we face the challenges ahead of us this fall and winter. thank you very much. >> dr. goodman? >> i very much appreciate the opportunity to be here today to describe the fda's role in this response for this ongoing collaborative response is a product of hard work and continuing investment made possible by congress's support for preparedness activities in the department of health and human services. when the h1n1 virus emerged in the spring, we immediately esta

vaccine contns an h protein lled gp20. it encourages the body to produce antibodies to dstroy v before the virus can infect healy cells. us together, there's a 31.2% lowerisk of infection. >> this is the first time we c improve the vaccine mproves infection -- which is the fst stepping-stone for furer vaccine developmen >> 31% isxtremely low for a vaccinand there's concern abouhowffordable and fective they could be on the scale needed in asia and b-saharan rica. 2 million peopleied of aids in 07. nely 7,000 are infecwith hiv every y. with sexual behavior a big part of the problem, could hopes of a vaccine encourage xlkournlcoage? en so, the thailantrial brings home th possility that vaccin once written off may be part of a long-term solution. for more on the sigficance of today's announcement, we e joed by dr. jessa just n, the senior technical director andassociate professor of clinic medicine epidemiologyt the mailman scho of public health righ here in neyork. thank u very much for coming on the program. >> sur >> so jus

vaccine in school.that was always a partner. we have school districts eager to be vaccination sites and are standing by to do that. we'll know a lot about your voluntary program and we think it probably will be a very good idea. >> being part of the sugar cube generation, also, that i think this important, again, it needs to be voluntary. but we can't have a great deal of more coverage by dealing with our schoolers, our center and our community and we're talking about our children. >> given the age group this virus is targeting we thought schools and actually daycare centers and others are very appropriate outreach sites to reach the population who we need to reach, so working closely with the secretary of education and his counterparts, superintendents and governors and i think most governors are very enthusiastic of having the schools be voluntary vaccination sites. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. green. mr. murphy, you'd be next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a pleasure to have you here m

vaccine in school. that was always a partner. we have school districts eager to be vaccination sites and are standing by to do that. we'll know a lot about your voluntary program and we think it probably will be a very good idea. >> being part of the sugar cube generation, also, that i think this important, again, it needs to be voluntary. but we can't have a great deal of more coverage by dealing with our schoolers, our center and our community and we're talking about our children. >> given the age group this virus is targeting we thought schools and actually daycare centers and others are very appropriate outreach sites to reach the population who we need to reach, so working closely with the secretary of education and his counterparts, superintendents and governors and i think most governors are very enthusiastic of having the schools be voluntary vaccination sites. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. green. mr. murphy, you'd be next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a pleasure to have you here

this vaccination -- vaccine, is actually being manufactured exactly like the seasonal flu vaccine. it's showing up in the same way and it's using the same processes and procedures. so in terms of the safety and efficacy, while there are clinical trials underway to determine the right dosage and really the efficacy of the vaccine, is it hitting the right target, there have been years of clinical trials and lots of data gathered on seasonal flu vaccines so we are assured by the scientists that lots of steps have been taken along the way to ensure that this will be a safe procedure. there's been more oversight than in '76. better -- made somewhat differently more oversight in testing and in quality so we do not anticipate the same problem and as i say, if it were a different process than seasonal flu, we'd have more concerns, but it has been very similar. >> thank you, madam secretary. >> thank you, mr. markey. mr. barton? >> madam secretary, i may have questions for the record but my one question is something that you may not be aware of. i was briefed this morning by officials from

it appears we m need only one dose of the new vaccine for most healthy adults, and the vaccine we are producing is working extremely well. and that'sritically important news. americans who get their h1n1 ccine wi most likely be immunized and protected against the virus sooner than we thought. based on the previous assumption th everyone would need to go sis, we also thoht even those people who were getting the h1n1 vaccine wouldn't be fully immunized until thanksgiving. and it now appears that most of the folks have a robust immune response and eight to ten days from the date of the first vaccine which is very positive news. it shortens e window of worried and more people n be protected much earlier. now that doesn't mean that we can let up on the flu prent activities. the flu is hitting many activities and we are seeing a lot of disease spread as schools and colleges have reopened. vaccinatn is an important tool but it's not the only tool to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to again relied folks about and watching, staying home when you are sic for those in a gup sting like

vaccine-maker merck says the company does not support mandatory vaccination of new female immigrants. do we have a right to require anything we want before we give somebody the privilege of coming to this country? >> it seems that way, in the case of this vaccine. listen, i question why this has become a requirement. i think the government is getting a privileged status to this pharmaceutical company. it's good for the company, but for the real person on the street, it's costly, it's not clear if it's effective, and it's not clear if it's even needed. >> i'll speak as a former immigrant. before applying you have to have tb tests, this vaccinated and -- >> bonnie: about 20 tests and vaccines that you have to get. >> tb's not -- >> bonnie: and, by the way, last time i went to africa or asia, i had to get a whole lot of shots because i didn't have -- i didn't didn't get them regularly or didn't get them as a child. >> well, tb is not a -- what do you call it? a disease that appears now quite often, but hpv does cause -- i think people are -- half a million women are diagnosed with that y

flu vaccine. we want to have a system in place so that we can ensure the public that we're monitoring and will respond if problems emerge. >> there was back in 1976, i think, an increased incidence of gam beret paralytic disease from a vaccine. this is not something you would expect? >> we do not expect to see that type -- >> this is not that type of vaccine? >> we always monitor carefully and certainly this year we will be scrutinizing very, very carefully to see if there are any problems emerging. but we are preparing this vaccine in the way that we do every year, a lot of experience with seasonal flu vaccine. this is just a strange chain in terms of the vaccine product. so the manufacturers know how to make it. millions and millions of doses have been made and used safely. so we're very, very optimistic. >> now, the fact that only one dose would be necessary is a big thing because -- is the universe, one, 159 million people you want to actually vaccinate? >> we are targeting high-risk groups as

vaccine can reduce h.i.v. infections.> a unanimous u.n. security council adopts a resolution aimed at a world without nuclear weapons. can they lead the way to a global economic recovery? the g-20 summit convenes in pittsburgh. welcome to bbc world news, on pbs in america also around the globe. coming up later for you, it's not made of cheese but it does contain water. spacecraft discover moon moisture. and the best treasure hunt ever. a fortune in ancient gold and silver is unearthed in an english field. >> after 25 years of searching, the best hope yet has emerged of a vaccine for h.i.v., the virus that causes aids. researchers say their vaccine cuts the risk of one particular strain of h.i.v. infection by nearly 1/3. nothing before has been shown to give this limited protection. the trial on 16,000 volunteers in thailand is the biggest in the world. here's the bbc's medical correspondent. >> for a quarter of a simple, hiv-aids has brought havoc. dozens of vaccines have failed but now a glimmer of hope. it comes from th

caller: the vaccine that is being developed, is it a live vaccine vaccine or vaccine -- or killed vaccineis there a dna vaccine? guest: they dare doing both, and i do not know the dna answer. caller: ran across a video on youtube. it was a 1979 episode of "60 minutes" on swine flu. over 40 million people were inoculated with the vaccine. the government was using the same scare tactics. more people died from the vaccine then from the swine flu itself. my son took a vaccine about six years ago. he is a diabetic and he gets his blood checked regularly. after taking the vaccine, and is split levels dropped below 10,000. i would urge anyone to really do some research before taking the vaccine. guest: vaccine i support vaccin. i also encourage people to talk to their physicians and to their own research. host: this is the last call. lake jackson, texas, carol. caller: why are these drug companies getting immunity for these vaccines? guest: there is an ongoing immunity program that was put in place after the 1976 event. obviously, one of the big issues is to try to encourage vaccine manufacturer

this vaccine is acting very much like the seasonal flu vaccine. and with the seasonal flu vaccine, traditionally children from 9 years of age and older really require just one dose. less than 9 years old are children if they have prior experience with vaccination, they may not need two doses but some of them certainly will. so we're going to wait to see what the results of the trial are. but we really feel rather strongly that it's acting very much like seasonal flu vaccine which is a good thing because only a subset of those children will need two doses. >> warner: now a question for people over 65. if someone reads the fine print of this study, it does appear that there is quite a difference in the immune response people 64 and under versus those older. i think one product in regular adults who had 97% immune response but in seniors, over 65, only what, 55, 56%. should older americans be worried? >> well, certainly older americans should pay attention to getting vaccinated, particularly with the seasonal flu. >> that is the regular flu. >> the r

vaccines are not mandated.ople who are saying, "i don't want to have my kid get any vaccine," we ask them to look at that time science, look at the literature. really look at the safety that comes with a proper vaccine which is what we're aiming at. >> bonnie: well, she is trying to educate the parental populace out there, karen czarnecki. but i know a lot of parents who say absolutely no vaccines for my kids. how is that going to affect this flu season? >> you will see a lot of people not getting the flu shot, not the original shot but the swine flu shot. it will help you if you're pregnant but other than that we don't know if it's safe and effective. we have immunologists who are saying, they don't know if there's any result or side effect. they don't think there will be, like there was in 1976, there was a swine flu outbreak and 26 people died. people are being more hesitant and that's why families don't want their families getting that. if they already have weak immune systems, they're going to get innocula

>> we wish we had more modern methods of making vaccine, quicker methods of making vaccine.we could turn on a dime and make vaccine to a new strain. the fact is that growing vaccine currently, growing the virus up, growing it then in eggs, a time-honored way of making flu vaccine, which we're confident in the safety and efficacy of, that takes nearly six months. >> as you know, many people get very suspicious and anxious when it comes to this. a new vaccine, rushed into production, what do we know about possible site effects and what do you say to a parent who says wait a minute if this is not such a deadly strain i'm not going to take this risk with my child. >> well it's not a new vaccine. this is a flu vaccine that's made in the same way the flu vaccine is made every year, it's a new strain. every year we add new strains into the flu vaccine. so the way it's being made, the content of it is similar to the flu vaccine hundreds of millions of doses have been given of. my kids are going to get this vaccine when it becomes available. we have high confidence in the safety of i

finding a vaccine is vital. results will be poured over by biologists across the world who have seen little in progress in decades. the vaccine is not going to be available for the people most at risk any time soon. this proves that a vaccine is possible. >> the leader of burma's a democratic opposition has welcomed the new american approach. she believes that direct engagement with the military junta is the right move. yesterday the secretary of state said that washington would engage to promote democracy. 16 members of al qaeda in iraq have escaped from a prison. the group included five men sentenced to death for their role in attacks. it is believed that they climbed to the jail walls. one of them has been recaptured. the palestinian president accused israel of making it impossible for peace talks to be possible. they say that the israeli government keeps building settlements on occupied land and will not discuss the future for palestinian refugees. as an act of symbolism, it was pop -- powerful. was it more

shots of the vaccine this year. we have never done tha before. so it becomes very important. ask your doctor questions about the vaccine. there are manufacturers that giving product manufacturer inserts to the doctors. if you really want to be informed, read the inserts before you get the vaccine. >> from what you know, should parents have any significant concerns about the h1n1 vaccine? >> well, the h1n1 has only been tested for a few weeks on a few thousand healthy adults and children. so until it is used by millions of children and adults, we're not really going to understand totally the reaction profile of the vaccine. so it becomes really important to become informed. >> there will to the other -- in relation to the other vac convenes that all kids are supposed to go through during the early part of their life, can parents pick and choose the vaccines they want their kids to have? >> well, every state has mandates for vaccination. so it depends on what state you live in, it depends on what you are allowed exemp

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they're monitoring both the flu and the vaccination process around the clock. officials there are scrambling to compile a database of vaccine side effects to track any adverse reactions to the shot. >> we are concerned any time something new comes out and we understand that the public is concerned as well and the public has a right to a safe vaccine. >> reporter: the national institutes of health points out that initial safety tests have been very encouraging and that the h1n1 flu is far, far more hazardous to your health than the vaccine is. harry? >> smith: nancy cordes in washington tonight. thanks. h1n1 and the fears fears surrounding it are forcing entire school districts to close down in spite of federal recommendations to keep them open. more than 6,000 students in huntsville, texas, were told to stay home after a flood of sick calls. more now from don teague. >> reporter: in colorado, this middle school closed its doors after 40% of students stayed home sick. there are similar closures in tennessee, oklahoma, and texas. >> seemed like the best thing to

urging officials to postpone the seasonal flu vaccine and administer the h1n1 vaccine as soon as it becomes available. delia goncalves is here to explain why. >> reporter: it can be confusing because information about h1n1 is constantly changing but here's the latest -- since h1n1 is the predominant strain of the flu virus some of your children will be getting that vaccine first since they are most at risk. harford county students already brought letters home to parents informing them of the change. health officials there say instead of shots school children are inoculated with the flumist. here's the problem though -- that mist requires a four-week waiting period before you can receive another mist. whether that's the seasonal flu or the h1n1 vaccine. no most cases kids under age 10 need two mists of h1n1. >> that being said, to the extent that these folks will need them four weeks apart, we didn't want to delay that process. in light of the urgency of getting children the h1n1 vaccine. >> i'm pretty confident. we know this virus has been around for a little while. i have trust in the heal

a vaccine has gotten approval. but adam may reports there's a bigger challenge making the vaccine more readily available. >> is time of the essence right now with this test? >> yes, time is very important. we want to make this information available. >> reporter: research doctors at the university of maryland, school of medicine, are leading the national fight against h1n1. a deadly strain of flute already claiming hundreds of american lives. >> 1, 2, 3, take a deep breath. >> reporter: following a massive study on hundreds of marylanders, the food and drug administration just approved a vaccine. >> when did you get the vaccine? >> august 7th. i didn't have any reaction, any pain, didn't have any headache. >> reporter: up to 50% of americans could get h1n1 killing between 30 and 90,000 people. while makers of the vaccine have ramped up production, only 35 million dosed will be available next month. not nearly enough for everyone. >> is it happening fast enough? >> it's happening as fast as it can be done in a qualit

vaccine researchers say there's no need to be concerned about the process. >> this vaccine is created in exactly the same way as the regular seasonal flu vaccine, by the same manufacturers. that make this vaccine in hundreds of millions of doses every year. >> reporter: the trials are still ongoing at the university. now they are evaluating the effect of the vaccine plus a booster shot. side effects include soreness at the injection site, other minor flu-like symptoms. by mid-october the vaccine will be available at 90,000 sites across the country. they will start with pregnant women and young children but eventually everyone will be able to receive the vaccine. kelly swoope, abc2 news. >>> new at 5:00 -- this case is back again. maryland's highest court agreed to hear new arguments in a lawsuit that former baltimore police commissioner kevin clark was illegally fired. the maryland court of appeals will hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that threw out the wrongful termination suit filed by the former commissioner. he was fired back in november of 2004 by then mayor martin o'malle

we still do not have the vaccine. the federal government has not released the vaccine. the manufacturer has not got it ready to go yet. as soon as we get it, we will be administering it. if the child has a fever or anyone has a fever, they need to stay at home. they need to be fever-free without medication 24 hours. >> that vaccine is expected but absolutely not certain to arrive on october 5. the distribution plan still being worked out. >> thank you. health officials say 250 million doses of the h1n1 vaccine will be available, enough to cover everyone who wants it. some parents do not want another vaccine for their kids. others wish only that it came sooner. >> her mom says chloe lindsay was a healthy 14 year-old. she went home from school sick wednesday, diagnosed with swine flu friday, hospitalized by sunday. >> she was just gasping for air. i asked my baby why she was breathing like that, and she said, "mom, it hurts." >> her mom said it did not seem possible. >> the flu killed my baby. >> health care workers in new york are being required to take the shot. some re

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besser, so much concern, a preservative in the vaccine. >> that's right.rst thing, there's absolutely no evidence of harm from the preservative in vaccines. some parents are concerned, and the most important thing is that they get their children vaccinated. so, if you are a parent and concerned, ask your doctor for the vaccine without the preservative. that will be available. >> you can have either. you can ask. >> that's right. >> and the supplements you receive for the immune system, a lot of e maims, people saying, you don't have to get the vaccine, you can use probiotics, and they will prevent swine flu. >> this wore rips me. every time we have a new outbreak of infectious diseases, we see the claims out there of products that can protect you, or treat the infections. if they're not approved for this by the food and drug administration, don't believe it. do the things that we know work. wash your hands, cover your cough, stay home if you're sick, and get the vaccine when it's available. >> and in case people start to hear about this report out of canad

, it is all live vaccines. no good for people with immunocompromised system. it is not good for children under two. >> shannon: it sounds like you are united in urging caution over there. we thank you both for your time. we know there are other medical providers who will say get the shot. i'm sure the debate will continue. we thank you both. >> thank you. >>> six-year-old brendan williams loves playing x box but his plan was to wake up his dad and play his favorite game but he couldn't get his dad to wake up and that is when called 911. >> my dad won't wake up. >> you said your dad won't wake up. >> yeah. >> are you there by yourself? >> yeah? >> are you trying to shake him to wake him up? >> yeah. >> brendon's dad's girlfriend taught the little boy to call 911 because brendon's dad is a diabetic. turns out he had low blood sugar and that caused him to lose consciousness. good work there, brendon. >> television will hand out its highest awards tonight. find out if one hollywood insider thinks your favorite show

like the seasonal vaccine. that's good news. children 6 months to 9 years, two shots. children 10 years and above only need one shot to be protected against the swine flu disease. >> that's counterintuitive to me. why would a small child need more vaccine than an older child? >> we get some protection from flu viruses we're exposed to every season and to im mun >> and how long between shots for the younger ones? >> well, what we've seen in the season and what we'll see here is four weeks between doses. >> and then we found out, i gather, that we're going to need a whole lot more of this vaccine than we thought? >> well, the government announced today that they're purchasing another 56 million courses of vaccine. bringing the total up to 251 million courses. i talked to dr. bruce gellen head of vaccines for the government. he said the goal is to make sure that every person who wantsed vaccine will be able to receive it. and this total should bring us to that goal. >> 250 million doses certainly sounds like it wo

this have occurred anyway or possibly related to the vaccine? government officials will try to address those questions. >> and pregnant women should get vaccinated? >> they are at greater risk of having a bad outcome from the flu. >> all right, dr. besser, thank you. >>> and still ahead on "world news," the first lady's olympic task. michelle obama in copenhagen, campaigning hard for her city of chicago. >>> the world class medical clinic, inside the u.s. capitol. "a closer look" look at the health care perks that congress gets. >>> and, the richest of the rich are feeling the pain. imagine losing $1 million an hour. ok, if you're thinkin' about gettin' a new truck... this is your lucky day. make that month. 'cause it's ford truck month. and that means savings on the best selling trucks 32 straight years. fortunately, luck has nothing to do with getting... a heck of a great deal on a brand spanking new ford super duty. plus, ford credit is there to help you with the financing. lucky you to get zero percent apr for 60 months or 5000 cash back on

we have to get the vaccine out before we pass the flu season and then the vaccine is in the as helpful as it would be. >> and e real problem i would think is that this has emerged, which none of us have good immunity against because we haven't seen it in tom years and that's why the younger population is being affected. am i correct that assessment. >> because the virus is different, the younger population is being affected and because we don't have immune and haven't seen it before, all of us are at risk. we are concerned about younger folks. we're also concerned about younger folks with health problem. but there is concern if my kid is healthy and doesn't have a problem, there is a decision. but if your child has health problems then you need to get your child vaccinated. >> and we all talk about the 1976 outbreak of that vaccine, and that was rolled out d had to be recalled. have we learned lessons from that 1976 flu vaccine batch? >> very, very different situation. but 240 soldiers, isolated thing. we thought it would spread, so the country got ramped up and got into this one lane.

people received the vaccine. the same number got a dummy jab. 1,500 went on to get h.i.v. compared to 74 in the control group. but the numbers are so small, it could be due to chance. these labs at chelsea's london westminister hospital are part of a global partnership to find an h.i.v. vaccine. research which has suffered repeated setbacks. when aids first appeared in the early 1980's, some scientists predict thrd would be a vaccine within a couple years. but h.i.v. has proved to be such a chameleon virus that until today all attempts have ended in utter failure. >> because it is so variable, it also can hide itself within your cells and destroys the very immune system you need to work against it. these coupled together make a for midible challenge. >> there is no doubt about the test desperate -- about the desperate need for a vaccine. there have been 25 million aids-related deaths. hardest hit is sub-sa heroin -- subsaharan africa where the disease affects 22 million people. the strain most prevalent in africa

if i don't get a swine flu vaccine, h1n1 vaccine, and i happen god forbid to get h1n1, will my body beable to fight it off just the same way as the seasonal flu, or do i have more to worry about? >> you know, anybody can get very ill from seasonal flu, although most people do fine. and it seems that things are fairly similar in terms of the 2009 h1n1. >> okay. a lot of people, we're trying to educate folks because a lot of people seem to be certainly are and should be concerned but we don't want everybody to be necessarily just alarmed at the same time. we appreciate you coming on and continue to educate us about this. thank you so much, dr. bell. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> high-end fashion, pretty big business, right? but it's hit a snap during the recession. i will take you inside a new york design house that is trying to make due with a whole lot less. costs over $10. but blue bunny ice cream and toppings from walmart cost less. make ice cream treats at home just three times a month instead, and save over $220 a year. save money. live better. walmart. that the bank of a

but this vaccine is being created in the same form as the regular seasonal flu vaccine. and that has been found to be extremely safe for pregnant women for fetuses, and for newborn children. so in extrapolating from that, we do assume, with really good reason, that this is going to be a very safe vaccine for pregnant women. >> and so far, we're also assuming that there won't be any adverse affects for the baby down the road, at least from what they've seen so far? >> absolutely. and again, that's because this is being made in the same way as a seasonal flu vaccine. and actually, the protection of the newborn infant, the best protection they can get, is to get antibodies from the mother who has been vaccinated prior to the birth of the baby. >> so when, if a pregnant woman is getting the vaccine, when should she do it? you heard the doctor talk about, you know, trying to get it early enough so that the baby would get the antibodies as well. >> well, the cdc recommends that a pregnant women get this vaccine as soon as a vaccine is available. that means in any of the three

the bulk of the early vaccine will be in mid to late october. >> while there will be plenty of vaccine for everyone eventually, the process is still confusing. pregnant women are at the top of the list, but they will not be able to use the very first doses delivered because it will be in a nasal spray that contains a live virus. they will have to wait for the shot. it is recommended that the nasal spray go to children. many parents say they will not get their children vaccinated. >> i know of very few kids that have contracted it so far. >> in new poll at the university of michigan shows less than half of parents planned to have their children vaccinated. doctors say that could be a mistake with the virus spreading so quickly in school. >> among them, a very severely ill child submitted to the intensive care unit. >> what parents decide if their kids will get the shot, states will be deciding how best to distribute it to those who want it. the federal government will send doses based on the state's population, leaving it up to the government to get it to those in need. >> for the lates

they're monitoring both the flu and the vaccination process around the clock. officials there are scrambling to compile a database of vaccine side effects to track any adverse reaction to the shot. >> we are concerned any time something new comes out. we understand that the public is concerned as well. and the public has a right to a safe vaccine. >> reporter: the national institutes of health says initial safety tests have been very encouraging. and that the h1n1 flu is likely far, far, more hazardous to your health than the vaccine. nancy cortes, cbs news, washington. >>> and remember, wjz is always on. if for local h1n1 cases, updates and key facts on the virus from the cdc, log onto wjz.com. >>> new at 5:00, more on the local girl who died after contracting h1n1. and what top doctors and leaders are telling concerned parents. >>> there are new developments in the trial surrounding the death of john travolta's son. >> that's right. he was back on the witness stand today in the multimillion- dollar extortion case. the actor told the court that a paramedic in

do they also get the regular flu vaccine?ry important. i'm glad you brought that up. because these are two separate issues, and particularly with regard to the seasonal flu vaccine, we want to make sure that the senior citizens, the elderly who are most vulnerable to getting into trouble with seasonal flu, not only get pandemic swine flu vaccine, the h1n1 new vaccine, but also make sure they do not forget to get their regular seasonal flu because of the 36,000 deaths that occur regularly with seasonal flu. 92% of them are among elderly individuals. so we want to make sure we protect the vulnerable people against the swine flu but also protect the people, such as the elderly, against seasonal flu. >> is it too soon to know if the swine flu vaccine will have any side effects? >> well, right now it's acting very much like seasonal flu vaccine in the testing that we're doing. essentially no serious adverse events at all in the short term. we don't expect any, but we're always on the lookout for it. but it has a very good safety r

, but what other vaccines for shingles, meningitis? >> more shots? >> i never think about those, apparently we should be. a doctor will talk to us about it. >>> and hall of famer is here. chris has a new company. he wants to take you into the woods. i'll leave it at that. is that a good tease? >> it's a good tease. >> i think so. >>> speaking of the woods, the boy scouts are celebrating 100 years of scouting. the great organization. we're going to hear more about them. >>> and "pets and vets." it's thursday. if you have a question about your dog or cat, today's the day to call in. the doctor will answer it live on the air. >>> locally owned and produced, "good morning maryland." on the air with weather with justin berk. >> good morning. 9:01. this is the kinds of morning you just want to grab something warm to drink and just curl up with the doppler radar, right? that's what i do. this is maryland's most powerful doppler radar. where you can see the dark greens, yellow, orange, that is where the heavy rain is moving through right now.

effects. >> when did you get the vaccine. >> august 7th. i didn't have any reaction, i didn't have any pain, i didn't have any headache. >> reporter: federal health officials predict up to 50% of americans could get h1n1 killing between 30 and 90,000 people. and while makers of the vaccine have ramped up production, only 45 million dozes may be available by next month. not merely enough for everyone. >> is it happening fast enough? >> it's happening as fast as it can be done in -- you know, quality with which we usually do these type of studies. >> reporter: maryland doctors are key in determining that a single smaller doze of the vaccine works. now they're hoping to further increase availability by testing an ajavent, which is essentially watering it done. >> an ajavent is not approved. >> reporter: test subjects say they are willing to risk it. >> we don't know how serious it's going to become. >> reporter: why did you decide to test it? >> to help others and myself too. >> if the safety issues are far outweighed by the potential benefits

. 8,000 got a placebo or mock vaccine.years after instructing them and counseling them about how to avoid infection, they went out and lived their lives. a period of three years from the time the last vaccination was given, there were a certain number of infections in the people not vaccinated and a certain number of infections in the people that were vaccinated, and there was 30% less chance getting infected if you were vaccinated. it's important because it's the first time literally in over two decades that we've ever had any positive result from any vaccine trial that we've done with hiv. so although it's not the end game in the sense of this is it, we're here. we're not there by any means, it's a start to try and figure out what the next steps are. >> would you give a vaccine with a 31% success rate to a large number of people? >> no. the answer in general is no. we certainly would not do that in the united states because of the relatively low infection rate in the united states. there are some countries in which the r