NYC schools to start swine flu vaccinations

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Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 12:29 p.m.

New York City schools will start vaccinating students against swine flu next week. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging parents to sign the consent forms that are going home with schoolchildren. Bloomberg joined Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Healt ...

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Volunteer ’Flu Fighters’ to hit streets in NYC

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Published Oct. 14, 2009 at 12:21 p.m.

Some 800 volunteers will help New York City health authorities spread the word about getting vaccinated for both swine flu and seasonal flu. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the “Flu Fighters” program on Wednesday. The volunteers will help manage ...

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NYC TO OFFER FREE SWINE FLU VACCINES TO STUDENTS

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Published Sept. 1, 2009 at 12:17 p.m.

NEW YORK-- Any school-age child in New York City can get a free swine flu vaccination under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to contain the deadly virus this fall and winter. Bloomberg and other city officials were set to announce the multi-pronged ...

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BANDI-DON'T: CITY OFFICIAL'S APOLOGY

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Published May 1, 2009 at 8:05 a.m.

A Mayor Bloomberg appointee said lo siento yesterday for writing that swine flu might make the country "get a grip on its banditos." ... Betsy Perry, of the City Commission on Women's Issues, apologized to the mayor for her anti-Mexican remarks made ...

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