N.Y. Mayor Has Plans To Import Flu Shots
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Scrambling to ease a vaccine crunch, New York City joined other jurisdictions ordering vaccine from Europe, putting pressure on the Bush administration to authorize the shipments.
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The city is reaching overseas to get 200,000 more flu vaccines, officials said yesterday as they revealed there already have been at least four flu-related deaths in New York this season.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has helped New York City secure 200,000 additional flu shots from overseas, a move that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said would &quot;allow virtually every high-risk New York City
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About 440,000 doses of flu vaccine will be shipped to Florida during the next week, with 160,000 going straight to physicians and the rest to health departments, state health officials said on Friday.
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Illinois authorities asked on Monday  for federal approval to import from Europe thousands of doses  of flu vaccine that the state located through its controversial  program to buy cheaper medicines for older Americans.
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LACOLLE, QUE. - Hundreds of seniors from Plattsburgh, NY took buses to Quebec Friday to receive flu shots. The mayor of Plattsburgh arranged the trip with the help of Bloc Quebecois MP, Claude Bachand.
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About 6,000 to 8,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be available this month to St. Louis County residents who are considered to be at high risk of catching the flu.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich has announced that American Airlines has agreed to provide free shipping for the nearly 300,000 doses of flu vaccine that Illinois has secured from wholesalers in Europe.
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The city Health Department expects to soon get the rest of the flu vaccine it ordered, and hopes it can get more from the federal government - but there&#39;s no guarantee that everyone considered high risk will get a shot.
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The Onondaga County Health Department will start taking calls today so those considered high-risk can get a flu shot. Health officials announced last week, the county had received 2,100 more doses of the vaccine from the health department.
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County health officials received promised flu vaccine from the state this week and now can offer shot clinics to seniors and others at risk of complications from influenza.
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Don't expect imports of flu shots from Canada or other countries to ease the crippling shortage, the nation's health secretary cautioned Thursday.
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RUTLAND, Vt. The Vermont Health Department is going to start distributing vaccines tomorrow for children at the high risk for the flu.
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The Palm Beach County Health Department expects to receive as many as 40,000 doses of flu vaccine in the next week. They say they soon will begin distributing the vaccines to medical providers and those most at risk of contracting the disease.
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BLOOMFIELD, NJ You won&#39;t win any money in this lottery, but you might be healthier this winter. Officials in Bloomfield, New Jersey, plan to register people for a lottery to determine who gets the town&#39;s 300 doses of flu vaccine.
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Republican Rudy Giuliani planned to head home to New York City on Thursday after spending the night in a St. Louis hospital getting checked out for flu-like symptoms, his campaign said.
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CHICAGO  - The director of the U.S. Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention said today that Health and  Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has finalized a deal to  buy investigational flu vaccines from international  manufacturers, for use this flu season.