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 Friday, November 20, 2009 City Hosts Third Weekend of H1N1 Vaccination Clinics For the third time this month, the Health Department will conduct H1N1 vaccination clinics in all five boroughs this Saturday and Sunday (November 21 and 22). People in the following groups will be able to receive vaccine at these clinics:
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Health Department Announces Launch of NYC FluLine As part of a continued effort to prepare for the peak of influenza season, the city will launch the NYC FluLine on Thursday, November 19, the Health Department announced today. Through this service, 311 operators will provide concerned New Yorkers with information on what to do if they or a family member feels sick with flu-like illness (fever with cough or sore throat). Callers with symptoms of influenza will be connected to registered nurses, who will provide information and advice on whether to seek care. For concerned patients who don’t have or can’t reach a regular health care provider, NYC FluLine is an alternative to standing in line at a hospital emergency department. The call-center nurses will not make diagnoses or prescribe treatments, but they will advise callers about whether to see a doctor or stay home. When necessary, on-call nurses will refer people to clinics, facilitating timely treatment while preventing unnecessary visits to emergency departments. Operators at 311 will not direct emergency calls to NYC FluLine. PRESS RELEASE # 073-09 |
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 Health Department Report Finds Continued Rise in Diabetes Diabetes continues to rise in New York City, consigning tens of thousands of New Yorkers to possible disability and early death, and also fueling racial and economic disparities in health. A new report, Diabetes Among New York City Adults, finds that 9.1% of adult New Yorkers carried the diagnosis in 2007 – an increase of 13%, or 68,000 cases, since 2002. The recognized citywide rate now significantly exceeds the national rate (7.5%) and threatens to climb even higher. An estimated 200,000 New Yorkers have undiagnosed diabetes. Some 23% have blood-sugar levels that place them on the borderline, and more than half of adult New Yorkers are overweight or obese – conditions that greatly increase the risk of diabetes. PRESS RELEASE # 072-09 |
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Health Department Expands Weekend H1N1 Vaccination Clinics To Cover People with Underlying Health Conditions The Health Department announced that it is further expanding its weekend H1N1 vaccination clinics to cover a broader range of New Yorkers. Starting this weekend – November 14th and 15th – vaccine will be available at temporary centers in all five boroughs for anyone 4 to 24 years old, anyone who is pregnant, anyone in close contact with newborns, and people age 25 to 64 with a medical condition that makes influenza more dangerous. PRESS RELEASE # 071-09 |
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Strong Demand for Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Strains Supplies With H1N1 influenza dominating the headlines, New Yorkers have turned out in record numbers for seasonal flu shots this fall – depleting vaccine supplies and prompting the Health Department to issue new recommendations for vaccination. The agency continues to recommend seasonal vaccine for all children between 6 months and 18 years of age, for all adults 65 and older, and for people with underlying health conditions that increase the risk of complications from influenza. But until vaccine supplies increase, health officials are suspending the recommendation to vaccinate healthy, non-elderly adults. PRESS RELEASE # 070-09 |
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009 City Officials Announce First Weekend H1N1 Vaccination Centers for Students Today the Health Department announced details of a five-week effort to provide free H1N1 vaccine to middle and high school students in all five boroughs. Through a series of weekend vaccination clinics – held at varying locations in each borough during November and December – the City will ensure that all school-age New Yorkers have a chance to get the H1N1 vaccine. Though intended for middle- and high-school students, the weekend vaccination centers will also serve elementary school students (ages 4 and older) who have not been vaccinated in their schools or at their doctors’ offices. All students 18 and under must present signed parental consent forms, which are available in 10 languages at nyc.gov/flu and at vaccination sites, and anyone under 16 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. PRESS RELEASE # 069-09 |
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 City Officials Launch School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Program Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today marked the beginning of a three-phase initiative to vaccinate the city’s school-age population against H1N1 influenza. The first phase starts today at 125 public elementary school buildings with enrollments of less than 400. Phase two starts November 4 in school buildings with enrollments of more than 600, and the third phase begins November 9 in the remaining schools. Vaccinations will continue at participating elementary schools for approximately eight weeks. Non-public schools that choose to participate in the city’s vaccination effort will also receive vaccine during this period. Weekend vaccine sites for middle-school and high-school students will be held in each borough starting in November. PRESS RELEASE # 067-09 |
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Monday, October 19, 2009 In Preparation for School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Efforts, Parents of Elementary School Students Will Start Receiving Consent Forms This Week This week, New York City’s elementary school students will begin taking home H1N1 information packets that include vaccination consent and screening forms for the City’s upcoming school-based vaccination initiative. By signing and returning the forms – also available in 10 languages at nyc.gov/flu – parents can have their children vaccinated free-of-charge against the H1N1 influenza virus. The packets will be sent home with children over the next two weeks, starting today. All materials are available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Urdu. PRESS RELEASE # 066-09 |
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 It’s Time to Get Smart: Week-long Initiative Promotes the Proper Use of Antibiotics “If you have a cold, or the flu, antibiotics won’t work for you!” This is one of the main messages the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) want people to take away from its second annual “Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work Week,” from October 5 to 11. Antibiotics become less effective when overused, because harmful bacteria have more opportunities to develop resistance to them. To combat this important public health problem, the Health Department will observe Get Smart Week at community events throughout the city. PRESS RELEASE # 065-09 |
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 First Shipments of H1N1 Vaccine Arrive in New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda Gibbs and Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner, visited the Montefiore Medical Center as children and health care workers received some of the City’s first doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine. The event marks the beginning of the city-wide H1N1 vaccination program that Mayor Bloomberg announced last month. PRESS RELEASE # 064-09 |
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