WHO warns of swine flu ‘explosion’. The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in the coming months, and governments must boost preparations for a swift response to a coming "explosion" of cases, the World Health Organization said yesterday. [News Source]

No side effects so far in trial of swine flu shot. Since there have been no serious side effects from the first set of injections of the new swine flu vaccine, trials on children were able to begin, and those in pregnant women are expected to begin early next month. [News Source]

Russia to produce 40 million doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine. Russia will produce 40 million doses of A/H1N1 flu vaccine by the end of this year, Chief Public Health Official Gennady Onishchenko said. [News Source]