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January 14, 2013

Flu Outbreak Prompts Declaration of Public Health Emergencies in NY, Boston 
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency in
response to a flu epidemic that's spreading across the country. Cuomo's
action came days after Boston became the first major U.S. city to make
the same declaration. The flu was officially deemed an epidemic by the
Centers for Disease Control on Friday. In Washington, Anthony Fauci of
the National Institutes of Health claimed a flu vaccine has been 62
percent effective and urged parents to seek it out for their children.

Anthony Fauci: "Whenever you have influenza children have an infection
rate almost certainly that's higher than you see with adults. And young
children when they get sick, they're in a very high risk category of
having complications which is the reason why we want to vaccinate
children and the CDC (Center for Disease Control) recommends that
children six-months of age and older should be vaccinated."

 

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