MMWR: 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Pregnant Women Requiring Intensive Care --- New York City, 2009

Published March 25, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)March 26, 2010 / 59(11);321-326 ...

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MMWR: Patients Hospitalized with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) --- New York City, May 2009

Published Jan. 8, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 8, 2010 / 58(51 & 52);1436-1440 ...

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Long Lines to Get Free Swine Flu Shot in New York City

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 7:46 p.m.
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City officials reported that a higher volume of vaccinations were given than the weekend before at seven clinics throughout the five boroughs ...

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Freeze wages now

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Published Nov. 2, 2009 at 1:19 a.m.

LAST week, Gov. Paterson activated New York's "health-emergency preparedness plan," as a prudent precautionary measure to deal with a potential swine-flu epidemic.It's time to take a similar approach to the state's rapidly worsening fiscal fever. C ...

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NY gets first rounds of swine flu vaccine

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Published Oct. 6, 2009 at 10:20 a.m.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The first doses of swine flu vaccine have hit New York state, with Nassau and Suffolk County Health Departments the first to receive the nasal spray form of the vaccine on Monday. More batches will be arriving around the state, with a ...

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City’s Swine Flu Plan: Free Student Vaccinations but Care in School Closings

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Published Sept. 1, 2009 at 8:20 p.m.
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Girding for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic that has already killed more than 50 people in New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg outlined a strategy that was equal parts infection control and panic control ...

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1 Million Swine Flu Cases in U.S.

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Published June 25, 2009 at 6:41 p.m.

Over 1 million Americans have had swine flu, the CDC estimates. Half those cases have been in New York City ...

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SWINE FLU KILLS B'KLYN KID

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Published June 12, 2009 at 2:43 a.m.

An 11-year-old Brooklyn girl with a severe case of swine flu was among the three latest victims to succumb to the virus in New York -- raising the city's total to 15, more than half the death toll recorded nationwide ... In a letter to parents of ...

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Baby marks 5th swine flu fatality in NY

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Published June 2, 2009 at 7:54 p.m.

A baby has become New York's fifth fatality from swine flu, the city health department says ... "The fifth death is in a child under two years of age. I cannot give you any more specific details because ...

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SWINE FLU KILLS 2 MORE

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Published June 4, 2009 at 8:25 a.m.

Two more people have died in New York City after contracting swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths here from the virus to seven, city health officials said yesterday ... The latest fatalities were both adults in their 40s, the Health ...

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