Flu vaccines starting to arrive
Flu vaccines starting to arriveBy GEOFF DORNAN gdornan@nevadaappeal.com State health officials say Nevada now has received about 200,000 doses of swine flu vaccine.State Health Officer Tracey Green agreed that's slower than officials had expected and hoped for. But she said shipments are beginning to come in faster and she expects the state will have its full allocation of 1.4 million doses of H1N1 vaccine by January.She said, however, the H1N1 flu season could last longer than normal flu seasons, which generally end in March. In addition, Green said, unlike normal strains, H1N1 may not go away after this flu season - that it may return next fall."We don't know what the season will be but we do expect to see this flu again next year," she told the Legislative Study Committee on Health on Tuesday.Green said thus far, there have been 2,323 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in Nevada and 60 probable cases.She said there have been 18 deaths in the stateIn addition to vaccines, Green said a number of measures are being co