The Obama administration put the states on notice about swine flu vaccinations expected this fall, and President Obama phoned in the exclamation point from Italy.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is among Cabinet officials leading a swine flu summit in suburban Washington with 500 state and local officials today. The Associated Press is on the scene and reports that the goal is to drive home the point that swine flu (H1N1) vaccinations are likely to be ready this fall with the looming threat of the disease's resurgence, so states should figure out now how to deliver them.

“We want to make sure we are not promoting panic, but we are promoting vigilance and preparation,” Obama said in a phone call from Italy, where he is engaged in a summit on other issues with world leaders.

Back in Bethesda, Md., Sebelius told the meeting that no final decision has been made on vaccination. But studies with experimental doses of the new swine flu vaccine are set to start in early August, to see whether they're safe and seem to work. If all goes well, some vaccine could start to roll out in mid-October, she said.

The government estimates that 1 million Americans have been infected with the never-before-seen virus; about 170 have died.

(Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg News)

Arizona: Camps Canceled by Flu Fears

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: June 23, 2009

Thousands of children with muscular dystrophy will not be going to summer camp this year because of the swine flu. The Muscular Dystrophy Association, based in Tucson, said it was canceling the remainder of its summer camps because swine flu had been reported in them. The association said children with muscular dystrophy were particularly at risk from the flu, although none of the children recently sickened after attending camp have died. About 1,800 children have attended this year, but another 2,500 set to go in 35 states will be affected by the cancellations.

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