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A roundtable of health officials stressed the seriousness of the H1N1 influenza strain, but said "encouraging" research and prior planning will hopefully minimize the impact.

"We are starting to see encouraging signs," the acting director of the CDC Dr. Richard Besser told moderator Bob Schieffer on CBS News' Face the Nation.

And, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, the government is hoping to have a vaccine for the new virus strain by the Fall.

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