Sites are now available in New York City that provide vaccination against H1N1 influenza. Find a location near you below. The following groups are eligible to receive vaccine at the weekend clinics:
* Pregnant women
* Anyone 4 years through 24 years of age
* People 25 through 64 who have underlying health conditions that increase risk of severe illness or complications. These underlying conditions include asthma, diabetes, chronic heart and lung conditions, kidney failure or a weakened
immune system.
* Anyone who lives with or cares for children less than 6 months old
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H1N1 Headlines: Mailman School of Public Health faculty
Selected media highlights include:
10/26 CNN Latest updates on Pandemic H1N1 Dr. Irwin Redlener, Center Director, answers viewer questions regarding the vaccine.
8/17 New York Daily News Swine flu should not disrupt school schedule this fall Epidemiology Professor Stephen Morse of Columbia University Mailman School agreed that school closings likely do little to stop the spread of swine flu - and said the city seems ready.
7/24 Bloomberg News Argentina Flu Death Mystery Sparks Probe for Virus Mutation Scientists from the Mailman School of Public Health and Argentina’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases plan to decode the complete genomic sequences of at least 150 H1N1 virus samples to fight the scourge of swine flu.
6/11 ABC News Good Morning America Swine Flu to be Declared Pandemic Dr. Irwin Redlener is interviewed about how to talk to kids about the WHO’s announcement of swine flu’s pandemic status.
6/9 New York Times How a Mild Virus Might Turn Vicious Swine flu is already doing a near-perfect job of keeping itself alive by invading human noses and inducing humans to cough it from one to another, said Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “A really aggressive flu that quickly kills its host” — like SARS and H5N1 avian flu — “gives itself a problem,” Dr. Lipkin said.
4/28 National Public Radio / Marketplace Swine Flu Dr. David Abramson answers questions about Swine Flu surveillance technologies.
