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NYC to give school kids swine flu shots free

Published: September 1, 2009 11:09 AM
 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Quick ReadCity to announce strategy for controlling spread of H1N1 virus this fall and winter

Nathanial Hawthorne School in Bayside was closed in

Photo credit: File / William Perlman | Nathanial Hawthorne School in Bayside was closed in May because of swine flu.

The nation’s largest school district said Tuesday it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as New York City takes bold steps to avoid becoming the country’s flu epicenter again in the fall.

Hundreds of school districts nationwide have agreed to allow vaccinations in school buildings, once the vaccine becomes available in mid- to late October as the nation...

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