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A 14-year-old Virginia boy is weak and struggling to walk after coming down with a reported case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu.

Jordan McFarland, a high school athlete from Alexandria, Va., left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Tuesday night in a wheelchair nearly a week after developing severe headaches, muscle spasms and weakness in his legs following a swine flu shot. He will likely need the assistance of a walker for four to six weeks, plus extensive physical therapy.

“The doctor said I’ll recover fully, but it’s going to take some time,” the teenager said. Read the full story

Pontiac — Oakland County health officials unveiled this morning their plans for a mass inoculation of the H1N1 vaccine once supplies of the nasal mist and shot begin to arrive this month.

The first shipment of the vaccine is expected to arrive later this week or next week in the nasal form, which is a live virus, said George Miller, director of the county’s department of health and human services. Read the full story