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PRWeb
| 4 months ago
January 15, 2013 Infectious disease experts at The Mount Sinai Medical Center urge those who are unvaccinated to get flu shots from their physicians or local pharmacies. On Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency for New...
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NY1
| 4 months ago
With about 20,000 cases of the flu reported in the state so far this season, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Saturday to expand access to flu shots. For the next 30 days, the order will allow pharmacists to give the shot to babies and...
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Russia Today
| 4 months ago
Under pressure to put their research on hold due to fear of a biological disaster, an international team of scientists have voluntarily suspended their study on an advanced, incredibly deadly mutation of the H5N1 bird flu...More than 19,000 cases of...
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Inquirer.net
| 4 months ago
New York's governor declared a health emergency Saturday over a flu epidemic that has sickened more than 19,000 people, allowing pharmacists to immunize infants and children. Governor Andrew Cuomo's move comes amid a nationwide epidemic expected to...
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Sky News
| 4 months ago
A public health emergency has been declared in New York after nearly 20,000 cases have been reported this season. Officials are tackling the worst influenza outbreak in several years and an immunisation programme has been expanded to reduce the...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 4 months ago
Catholic churches in 29 West Texas counties have been told to stop using shared communion cups and to bow instead of shaking hands when offering the sign of peace. Teachers in some East Texas schools are cleaning desks, water fountains and doorknobs...
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GMA News
| 4 months ago
The threshold for an epidemic is that it results in more than 7.2 percent of deaths, but so far there is no definitive count of the total caused by flu this year. Reuters advertisement advertisement advertisement
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Reuters
| 4 months ago
Topics Jasmine Rodriguez, 10, gets an influenza vaccine at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts January 10, 2013. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency on Saturday, giving pharmacists permission to...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Saturday declared a public health emergency for the entire state in response to the increasingly severe flu season. Cuomo issued an executive order allowing pharmacists to administer flu vaccinations to patients ages 6...
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Israel National News
| 4 months ago
New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo pushed through legislation which will allow pharmacies to administer flu shots to children and not just adults. New York has already experienced more than three times as many flu cases this year than last, up from...
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Pacific Daily News
| 4 months ago
CDC recommends a yearly flu vaccine as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. See your doctor or visit Guam Public Health clinics in Mangilao, Inarajan or Dededo. While there are many different flu viruses, a flu vaccine...
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The New York Times
| 4 months ago
With the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available. There have been nearly 20,000 cases...
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Associated Press
| 4 months ago
That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their jobs over their refusal. "Where does it say that I am no longer a patient if I'm a nurse," wondered...
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Fox News
| 4 months ago
FoxNews.com A scramble for shots is under way as the death toll from a miserable flu strain spreading through the country continues to rise. Influenza has reached epidemic proportions in the United States with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused...
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The Boston Globe
| 4 months ago
I deleted it, she said as she strolled in the Back Bay on Thursday...Menino has declared a public health emergency, sending out some 45,000 robo calls practically begging Boston residents to roll up their sleeves. Or that the threat of infection is...
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Chicago Tribune
| 4 months ago
We actually have three overflow units open to handle the excess volume." Influenza has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, a tick above the 7.2 percent threshold for...
