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Flu shots for Wall Street stirs ire in New York

2010-02-24T08:55:03Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City health officials scrambled to explain themselves on Thursday following outraged media reports about bankers who got scarce H1N1 flu vaccines through their employers.</p><p>Members of Congress fired off letters demanding immediate explanations and the US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation's most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, have sparked uproar.</p><p>The New York's biggest companies, including Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, received doses of swine flu vaccine for at-risk employees, drawing criticism that the hard-to-find vaccine is going first to t...

Large NYC employers getting swine flu vaccine

2010-02-24T09:27:37Z

<div><p>Some of New York City's largest employers — including Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and big universities — have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their at-risk employees.</p><p>The government-funded vacc...

Woman in 50s is NY's 2nd swine flu death, US' 11th

2010-02-27T09:21:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Woman in her 50s is NYC's 2nd confirmed death linked to swine flu, nation's 11th</div><div><p>A woman died over the weekend of swine flu, becoming the city's second victim and the nation's 11th.</p><p>The woman, who was in her 50s, had other health conditions, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene spokeswoman