Does the vaccine matter? The U.S. government—with the support of leaders in the public-health and medical communities—has put its faith in the power of vaccines and antiviral drugs to limit the spread and lethality of swine flu. Yet some top flu researchers are deeply skeptical of both flu vaccines and antivirals. [News Source]

Egypt says developing own H1N1 flu vaccine for 2011. Egypt is developing its own vaccine against H1N1 swine flu for production in 2011 and, in the meantime, will import vaccines to inoculate school children and key public workers, the health minister said. [News Source]