Defenses Deploy Against Influenza ; As Vaccines for Swine Flu and Seasonal Virus Reach the Front Likes, Public Health Professionals Face Months of Unpredictable Challenges

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The first doses of swine flu vaccine are arriving in the Buffalo area as the medical community braces for the start of an unpredictable influenza season.

The Erie County Health Department received 1,000 doses of the nasal spray form of the vaccine, Catholic Health got 1,500 doses, and other hospitals are expecting initial shipments in the coming days as the state distributes 91,000 doses throughout upstate New York this week.

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Defenses Deploy Against Influenza ; As Vaccines for Swine Flu and Seasonal Virus Reach the Front Likes, Public Health Professionals Face Months of Unpredictable Challenges

The first people vaccinated against the new variety of flu will be health care workers.

Meanwhile, the annual effort to vaccinate against the seasonal flu is well under way.

Slightly more than half of the states report widespread cases of flu, and 99 percent of the cases identified were related to H1N1, according to the most recent update from the ...

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