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First shipments of swine flu vaccine reach LI

Both Nassau and Suffolk's health departments and at least one Long Island hospital got their first shipments of the swine flu vaccine Monday - 1,000 doses each.

The counties are targeting high-risk groups determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: healthy people between the ages of 2 and 24 and those up to age 49 who are caregivers of children under 6 months old.

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