Articles Archive for October 2009
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Flu Watch: Don’t forget your seasonal flu shot – Duluth News Tribune – SMDC Health System has received one H1N1 shipment. With each shipment, the federal government gives specific instructions about who can receive the vaccine. The first shipment went to health-care workers who are at high risk for contracting the virus …
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N.L. changes flu shot rules after queue jumping – CBC News – Hundreds of people were again lining up at swine flu vaccination clinics in Newfoundland and Labrador on Saturday, amid word health officials have tightened the rules on who can get the shot, and predictions the supply will soon run out. The province …
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More than half of Chinese ‘don't want swine flu shot’ – Tehran Times – BEIJING (AFP) -– More than half of all Chinese do not plan to be vaccinated against swine flu because they are unsure about the safety of the shot, according to a survey by state media. The poll by the China Daily and popular web portal sohu.com …
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Panicked about getting your swine flu shot? Chill out. You're much… – …submitted by absolutelyamazed
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Canadians pack clinics in hopes of getting flu shot – Only high-risk patients eligible for vaccine but often difficult to tell who belongs to priority group and who doesn't
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Flu Shot Bracelets are Hot Commodities – 580 CFRA – Early birds certainly got their worms Saturday morning. Health officials say the same will likely be true Sunday morning. Ottawa's H1N1 vaccination clinics are handing out wristbands that guarantee a dose from that day's supply. Lenghty queues …
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N.L. changes flu shot rules after queue jumping – CBC News – Hundreds of people were again lining up at swine flu vaccination clinics in Newfoundland and Labrador on Saturday, amid word health officials have tightened the rules on who can get the shot, and predictions the supply will run out before day's end …
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Long lineups at Ontario flu shot clinics – CBC News – People stand in the rain Saturday outside Toronto's East York Civic Centre to get H1N1 flu shots. (Michael Turschic/CBC) The first weekend for newly operating swine flu clinics in Ontario saw much the same activity as the past few days, with long …
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Cass County H1N1 flu shot clinic now closed, all 2,000 doses gone – INFORUM – UPDATED: 1:56 p.m. Fargo Cass Public Health is now all out of its H1N1 flu vaccine doses, both the injectable shots and the FluMist. County health officials started the day with about 2,000 doses of the vaccine. The injectable vaccine ran out around …
