Oklahoma kids to get shot at swine flu vaccine

• The U.S. expects to have 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having trouble brewing the shots, federal health officials said Thursday. More vaccine would trickle out over the following months.

• A surprise bright spot: The U.S. has the world’s only nasal-spray flu vaccine, and FluMist’s maker announced Thursday that it’s producing plenty — so many millions of doses a month that it can’t keep up with putting them into the special sprayer required to use it. So Maryland-based MedImmune Inc. is working with the government to see if it can race out a different method for fall, simply dripping its swine flu vaccine into people’s noses.

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Eight soldiers at the Mc-Alester Army Ammunition Plant have tested positive for swine flu in what health officials say is the largest single outbreak of the virus in the state. The plant’s medical director, Dr. Norman McAlester, said Wednesday most of the soldiers have recovered. He said all the soldiers who were ill wore face masks and were isolated from others who were taking part in a national training exercise at the plant.

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